Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: A Fasting Person’s Use of Perfumes َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ُّ الرَّيْحَانَ وَالطِّيبَ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

وَرُوِيَ أَنَّهُ لا يَشَ٠ُّ الرَّيْحَانَ لأَنَّهُ يُكْرَهُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَلَذَّذَ بِهِ. 4.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan, from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ’Can a fasting person smell sweet basil and perfumes?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful.’” It is narrated that he (the Imam) would not smell sweet basil because of his dislike to enjoy such pleasure.

صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/295))