Praise Be to Allah. Allah’s Peace and Blessings Be upon Prophet Mohammad. Scholars agree that pleasant scents do not break the fast. However, there is a difference of opinion regarding the inhalation of incense. The Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali maintained that inhaling incense intentionally breaks the fast, while smelling it without inhaling it does not. The Shafi’i, on the other hand, maintained that there is no harm in inhaling it, whether intentionally or unintentionally. The predominant opinion is that of the majority.
