The effect of women's medical examinations on fasting validity during Ramadan; A Comparative Study of the Jurisprudence of Islamic Religions

 Medical examinations and treatments are inevitable for everyone. One of the most importan issues for women is to visit a doctor during the fasting in Ramaḍān for the treatment of certain diseases of the genital tract. In this study, relying on the principles of Islamic jurisprudence by following the original jurisprudential sources, we seek the answer to the question that if a woman in Ramadan due to genital diseases to visit a doctor for treatment, the treatment will invalidate the fast or is the fast still valid?

 The present study is a descriptive-analytical method of content analysis to examine and explain the ruling of examining the genital tract in fasting by comparative analysis in Islamic religions' jurisprudential texts.

 The jurists of Islamic religions have expressed two views in favor of the invalidity of the reproductive system on Ramaḍān, for and against the invalidity of fasting, citing verses, hadiths, and narrations, rational and medical reasons. Relying on the reasons presented by those who believe in the validity of fasting and considering the effect of time requirements on the issuance of rulings on emerging issues and advances in medical science and the need for examination and treatment, the opponents' views are strengthened.