The Case of a Fly or Mucus Entering the Throat of a Fasting Person

Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 35

Al-Kāfi

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 35

The Case of a Fly or Mucus Entering the Throat of a Fasting Person
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَزْدَرِدَ الصَّائِمُ نُخَامَتَهُ.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘ Abd Allah ibn al-Mughirah from Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not harmful if a fasting person swallows his mucus.”’

Ḥadīth 2

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ آبَائِهِ (عَلَيْهِم السَّلاَم) أَنَّ عَلِيّاً صَلَوَاتُ الله عَلَيْهِ سُئِلَ عَنِ الذُّبَابِ يَدْخُلُ حَلْقَ الصَّائِمِ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاءٌ لأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِطَعَامٍ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Harun ibn Muslim Mas’adah ibn Sadaqah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has narrated from his ancestors who have said that Ali (a.s.), upon being asked about a fly entering the throat of a fasting person, said, ‘There is no Qada’ (compensatory fast) on him because it is not food.’”