Book of Fasting
Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it
1862 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «إِذَا صُمْتَ فَلْيَصُمْ سَمْعُكَ وَ بَصَرُكَ مِنَ اَلْحَرَامِ وَ اَلْقَبِيحِ وَ دَعِ اَلْمِرَاءَ وَ أَذَى اَلْخَادِمِ وَ لْيَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ وَقَارُ اَلصَّائِمِ وَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ يَوْمَ صَوْمِكَ كَيَوْمِ فِطْرِكَ ».
Hadith.1862 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"When you fast, let your hearing and your sight refrain from the unlawful and the reprehensible. Avoid argumentation and harming the servant. Let there be upon you the dignity of a fasting person, and do not make the day of your fast like the day of your breaking the fast."
1863 - اَلْحَلَبِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «إِنَّا إِذَا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَحْتَجِمَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ اِحْتَجَمْنَا بِاللَّيْلِ».
Hadith.1863 - Al-Halabi narrated from Abu Abdullah (as), who said:
"When we wish to perform cupping (hijamah) during the Month of Ramadan, we do it at night."
1864 - قَالَ: وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَ يَحْتَجِمُ اَلصَّائِمُ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَتَخَوَّفُ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا [ذَا] تَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «اَلْغَشْيَ أَنْ تَثُورَ بِهِ مِرَّةٌ» قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَوِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ يَخْشَ شَيْئاً قَالَ «نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَ.
Hadith.1864 - He said: "I asked him, 'Can a fasting person perform cupping (hijamah)?'
Imam (as) replied: 'I fear for him what he might fear for himself.'
I asked: 'What do you fear for him?'
Imam (as) said: 'Fainting or the stirring of bile.'
I asked: 'What if he is strong enough and does not fear anything?'
Imam (as) said: 'Yes, if he wishes.'"
1865 - وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ اَلصَّائِمُ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ فَيُفْطِرَ.
Hadith.1865 - Amir al-Mu'minin (as) disliked that a fasting person perform cupping (hijamah) out of fear that he might faint and thus break his fast.
1866 - وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنِ اَلْقَلْسِ أَ يُفَطِّرُ اَلصَّائِمَ فَقَالَ «لاَ».
ولا بأس بالمضمضة والاستنشاق للصائم، فإذا تمضمض واستنشق فلا يبلع ريقه حتى يبزق ثلاثا ، وإن تمضمض فدخل الماء حلقه فإن كان ذلك لوضوء الصلاة فلا قضاء عليه.
Hadith.1866 - Al-Ala narrated from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja'far (as), that he was asked about regurgitation (qalas): "Does it invalidate the fast?"
Imam (as) said: "No."
1867 - وَ سَأَلَ سَمَاعَةُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَبِثَ بِالْمَاءِ يَتَمَضْمَضُ بِهِ مِنْ عَطَشٍ فَدَخَلَ حَلْقَهُ قَالَ «عَلَيْهِ قَضَاؤُهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي وُضُوءٍ فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ».
Hadith.1867 - Sama'ah ibn Mihran asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who played with water by rinsing his mouth due to thirst, and it entered his throat.
Imam (as) said: "He must make up his fast. However, if it was during ablution (wudu), there is no harm in it."
1868 - قَالَ: وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلْقَيْءِ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ يَذْرَعُهُ فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ يُكْرِهُ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسَهُ فَقَدْ أَفْطَرَ وَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْقَضَاءُ ».
Hadith.1868 - He said: I asked him about vomiting during the Month of Ramadan.
Imam (as) said: "If it happens involuntarily, there is no harm. However, if he forces himself to vomit, then his fast is invalidated, and he must make it up."
1869 - وَ سَأَلَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ اَلْبَزَنْطِيُّ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَحْتَقِنُ تَكُونُ بِهِ اَلْعِلَّةُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَقَالَ «اَلصَّائِمُ لاَ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَحْتَقِنَ ».
Hadith.1869 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanti asked Abu al-Hasan al-Ridha (as) about a man who uses an enema due to illness during the Month of Ramadan.
Imam (as) said: "A fasting person is not permitted to use an enema."
1870 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ اَلرَّجُلُ يَجْعَلُ اَلنَّوَاةَ فِي فِيهِ وَ هُوَ صَائِمٌ قَالَ «لاَ» قُلْتُ فَيَجْعَلُ اَلْخَاتَمَ قَالَ «نَعَمْ».
ومن احتلم بالنهار في شهر رمضان فليتم صيامه ولا قضاء عليه.
Hadith.1870 - It was narrated from Mansur ibn Hazim that he said:
"I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who places a date seed in his mouth while fasting.
Imam (as) said: 'No.'
I then asked: 'What about placing a ring?'
Imam (as) said: 'Yes.'"
1871 - وَ رَوَى عَمَّارُ بْنُ مُوسَى اَلسَّابَاطِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : فِي اَلصَّائِمِ يَنْزِعُ ضِرْسَهُ قَالَ «لاَ وَ لاَ يُدْمِي فَمَهُ ».
Hadith.1871 - Ammar ibn Musa al-Sabati narrated from Abu Abdullah (as) regarding a fasting person who extracts a tooth.
Imam (as) said: "No, and his mouth should not bleed."