Tasting Food or Chewing it to Feed a Child
Issue No. 1342- Chewing food to feed a child or tasting food, etc., or washing the mouth with water or a medicine will not invalidate the fast, if it is not swallowed. If it happens to reach the throat involuntarily, there would be no problem in it. However, if a person knows beforehand that it will reach there involuntarily, his fast will be void and he will have to make up that fast in addition to offering kaffāra (atonement).
