Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Kohl (Eye Drops or powder) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠َانَ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِ يَكْتَحِلُ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ لَيْسَ بِطَعَا٠ٍ وَلا شَرَابٍ.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sulayman al-Farra’ from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “About a fasting person’s use of kohl (special powder for eye treatment) abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that it is not harmful, because it is not a drink or food.’” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Sulayman al-Farra’ from more than one person who have narrated a similar Hadith from abu Ja’far (a.s.).