Chapter on Eating and Drinking From Gold and Silver Utensils and Other Etiquettes of Eating
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 37
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 37
Chapter on Eating and Drinking From Gold and Silver Utensils and Other Etiquettes of Eating
و سَأَلَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ: عَنِ اَلشُّرْبِ بِنَفَسٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ "إِذَا كَانَ اَلَّذِي يُنَاوِلُكَ اَلْمَاءَ مَمْلُوكاً لَكَ فَاشْرَبْ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَنْفَاسٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَ حُرّاً فَاشْرَبْهُ بِنَفَسٍ وَاحِدٍ".
One of his companions asked him about drinking water in a single breath. Imam عليه السلام said: "If the person handing you the water is your servant, then drink it in three breaths; but if he is free, then drink it in a single breath."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh