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Taking an anaesthetic injection whilst fasting
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 Question: Does an anaesthetic injection into the body break the fast? (And likewise) the blood flow after having a tooth extracted?

Response: Neither of these two breaks the fast, however, one must not swallow the blood which flows from (having) the tooth (removed).

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 525, Fatwa No.492;
Fataawa Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen - Volume 1, Pages 511-512