The new things that invalidate the fast (8)

The tenth Item is: Therapeutic Injections:
They include the following:
1 – Cutaneous injection.
2 – Intramuscular injections.
3 – Intravenous injection.

As for the non-nutritious cutaneous and intramuscular injections, they do not break the fast according to the modern scholars, as Ibn Baz and ibn `Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on their souls) stated. The proof to that is: The general rule is the fast until something invalidates it and these injections are not food, drink, or something of the like.

As for the nutritious intravenous injection, it is a matter of dispute among scholars:
The first view is it invalidates the fast: This is the view of Sheikh As-Sa`dy, Ibn Baz, Ibn `Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on their souls), and the Islamic Fiqh Academy. The evidence to that is: it is similar to food and drink, so the one who takes these injections will be in no need for food and drink.

The second opinion: it does not break the fast because they do not reach the stomach through the usual outlets. Assuming they reach the stomach, they reach through the pores, and that is not the stomach and is not similar to the stomach.

The soundest view is: they invalidate the fast because the reason is not reaching the stomach but achieving nutrition which is done by these injections.
A case: The injections that a diabetic takes do not break the fast.

The eleventh item is: Ointments, creams, and therapeutic stickers:
The skin contains blood vessels that absorb anything that is placed on through the capillaries which is a very slow process.

Based upon this, does anything is placed on the skin invalidate the fast?
Shaykh Al Islam  Ibn Taymiyah (may Allah have mercy on his soul) discussed this issue and said that they do not break the fast and this is the view of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, moreover some scholars reported consensus in this regard.

The twelfth item is: Artery Catheterization:
It is a fine tube that enters the arteries for the treatment or photography.
The Islamic Fiqh Academy adopted the view that they do not break the fast because it is not similar to food, drink, or anything of the like.