Various Traditions From al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم

30-39 Al-Hakim Abu Muhammad Ja’far ibn Na’eem ibn Shathan - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Shathan quoted on the authority of Fadhl ibn Shathan, “I heard Al-Ridha صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم narrate on the authority of his father, on the authority of his forefathers, on the authority of Ali صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, ‘God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم performed a phlebotomy even when he was fasting and in the state of ritual consecration for the Hajj.’”The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) - may God have Mercy upon him - said, “This tradition is not in contradiction with another tradition quoted on the authority of God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم which says, ‘Aftar al-Hajim val Mahjoom’ which implies that both those who fast and perform a phlebotomy have entered into my tradition and my nature.”