The Case of a Fasting Person’s Keeping a Ring, a Pebble or a Date Stone in His Mouth while Fasting

Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 36

Al-Kāfi

Volume 4, Book 2, Chapter 36

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Keeping a Ring, a Pebble or a Date Stone in His Mouth while Fasting
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فِي الرَّجُلِ يَعْطَشُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَمُصَّ الْخَاتَمَ.

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who becomes thirsty in the month of Ramadan. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if he sucks his signet.’”

Ḥadīth 2

2ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ الْخَاتَمُ فِي فَمِ الصَّائِمِ لَيْسَ بِهِ بَأْسٌ فَأَمَّا النَّوَاةُ فَلا.

2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from Ali ibn al-Husayn from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Yunus ibn Ya’qub who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘The presence of a signet in the mouth of a fasting person is not harmful, but a date-stone is.’”