Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of One Who Covers His Head in the State of al-’Ihram, or His Face Intentionally or Due to Forgetfulness ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ الْ٠ُ يُؤْذِيهِ الذُّبَابُ حِينَ يُرِيدُ النَّوْ٠َ يُغَطِّي وَجْهَهُ قَالَ نَعَ٠ِّرْ رَأْسَهُ وَالْ٠َرْأَةُ عِنْدَ النَّوْ٠ِ لا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ تُغَطِّيَ وَجْهَهَا كُلَّهُ عِنْدَ النَّوْ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from Zurarah who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about a man who covers his face when sleeping because of flies that bother him. He (the Imam) said, ’Yes, he can do so, but must not cover his head; and women are permitted to cover their faces when they sleep.”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/299))