And from him, from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad ibn Uthman, who said: Ibn Abi Yafur asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, while I was listening, about ‘the fasting person pouring medicine into his ear.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes, and he may taste the broth and feed the chick (al-farkh).”