Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Kohl (Eye Drops or powder) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠ِهْرَانَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْكُحْلِ لِلصَّائِ٠ِ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ كُحْلاً لَيْسَ فِيهِ ٠ِسْكٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ طَعْ٠ٌ فِي الْحَلْقِ فَلا بَأْسَ بِهِ. 3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama‘ah ibn Mehran who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who applies kohl when he is fasting. He (the Imam) said, ’If it is a kind of kohl in which there is no musk and has no taste in the throat, then it is not harmful.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/292))