Woman faints on the roadside, rejects malt drink; Says “I’m fasting, I can’t drink during Ramadan”

A Muslim woman, Alhaja, sparked a conversation as she fainted on the roadside while refusing to drink malt from a stranger, claiming she couldn’t consume anything while fasting during Ramadan.

This incident was captured in a video captioned: “She did not drink malt because she is fasting.”
Several videos were shared on social media by a bystander who happened to be present during the incident.

According to one of the videos attached below, Alhaja fainted while walking on the road. Passersby immediately attended to her, waking her up by sprinkling water on her face and performing other medical procedures.

To stabilize her and prevent further unconsciousness, she was offered a malt drink, but Alhaja refused despite pleas from the bystanders.

She persisted in refusing the drink for several hours, despite additional pleas from numerous people, insisting she wouldn’t break her Ramadan fast.

The actions of Alhaja garnered attention on social media, with many people sharing their thoughts in the comment section of the post.

See some reactions below:

🦋OLUWAFERANMI🦋: “Dat 1 self Dey but she is on fasting and she fainted.”
Dean Osanyintuyi Sam: “Awe ti ja already now, the Man putting his hands around her is not her Husband or relation. Abi na me dey wrong ni?.”

Abas Abidemi: “She doesn’t understand the religion she’s practising, if she goes kpai like that, she gets a question to answer, and she goes explain why she no save herself.”

Ashabi Shabbie: “Make I cut my fasting for 6:00 ehn ehn .. 😂Abi she don drink an ..Ona no see say na evening ni.”

Abdul Razak🇳🇬: “I returned to the gym last 2 weeks during Ramadan after some years I left gym in London I almost died just lying down in the gym but after some minutes I was ok and didn’t still break my fast.”

kaffyluv230: “My mom too when she had a serious accident refused to drink anything it was when we were talking angrily that she complied.”