Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Bath Room and Apply Cupping 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّائِ٠ُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ أَ ٠َا يَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قُلْتُ ٠َا ذَا يَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الْغَشَيَانَ أَوْ تَثُورَ بِهِ ٠ِرَّةٌ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَوِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَلَ٠ْ يَخْشَ شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَ٠1.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from af-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who applies cupping when he is fasting. He (the Imam) said, ‘I am afraid for him.

Is he not afraid for himself?’ I asked, ‘What is feared for him?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Fear from fainting or stir up of the gallbladder.’ I then asked, ‘What if he is strong and is not afraid of anything?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, if he likes.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/287))