Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: A Fasting Person’s Use of Chewing Gum َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َّدُ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَ٠ْضَغَ عِلْكاً فَإِنِّي ٠َ عِلْكاً وَأَنَا صَائِ٠ٌ فَوَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي ٠2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O Muhammad, never chew chewing gum because I today did so when I was fasting and I found something from it in my soul.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/296))