Forgetfully licking one's finger with flour on it while fasting

Q: If one is fasting a qadhaa fast and during the fast one touches a food item, while cooking, which has some flour on it and then licks the finger, instinctively and unintentionally - will it have broken the fast if one did not wash out the mouth thereafter?

A: If this happened forgetfully, it will not affect the fast.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)