Summary
Vaping breaks the fast.
Answer
Purposefully inhaling any type of smoke, including smoke produced by e-cigarettes or vapes, will invalidate the fast. This is because smoke has substance and form (jawhar) which is purposefully being made to enter the mouth and go below the throat.
Due to the nature of smoke, a person cannot control whether it goes below the throat or not. Therefore, in any case, intentionally inhaling any type of smoke will invalidate the fast.
It is mentioned in al-Durr al-Mukhtar:
If a person purposefully enters smoke into his throat, the fast is broken irrespective of the type of smoke it is. Whether it be [smoke produced from burning] agarwood or amber, and as long as he remembers he is fasting, since this is possible to avoid [150].[1]وَمُفَادُهُ أَنَّهُ لَوْ أَدْخَلَ حَلْقَهُ الدُّخَانَ أَفْطَرَ أَيَّ دُخَانٍ كَانَ وَلَوْ عُودًا أَوْ … Continue reading
It is mentioned in its commentary, Radd al-Muhtar:
Do not assume that [inhaling smoke] is just like smelling a rose or rosewater, or that it is just like smelling musk due to the clear difference between air that contains the fragrance of musk and similar scents, and the substance (jawhar) of smoke that travels to the stomach by his own action… and from this the ruling of smoking is evident [Radd al-Muhtar 3/366].[2]وَلَا يُتَوَهَّمُ أَنَّهُ كَشَمِّ الْوَرْدِ وَمَائِهِ وَالْمِسْكِ لِوُضُوحِ الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ هَوَاءٍ … Continue reading
And Allah Almighty knows best.
Muhammad Kalim
14 Ramadan 1443 H.
| ↑1 | وَمُفَادُهُ أَنَّهُ لَوْ أَدْخَلَ حَلْقَهُ الدُّخَانَ أَفْطَرَ أَيَّ دُخَانٍ كَانَ وَلَوْ عُودًا أَوْ عَنْبَرًا لَهُ ذَاكِرًا لِإِمْكَانِ التَّحَرُّزِ عَنْهُ |
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| ↑2 | وَلَا يُتَوَهَّمُ أَنَّهُ كَشَمِّ الْوَرْدِ وَمَائِهِ وَالْمِسْكِ لِوُضُوحِ الْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ هَوَاءٍ تَطَيَّبَ بِرِيحِ الْمِسْكِ وَشِبْهِهِ وَبَيْنَ جَوْهَرِ دُخَانٍ وَصَلَ إلَى جَوْفِهِ بِفِعْلِهِ إمْدَادٌ وَبِهِ عُلِمَ حُكْمُ شُرْبِ الدُّخَانِ |
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