The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Bath Room and Apply Cupping

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from af-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, about a man who applies cupping when he is fasting. He (the Imam) said, ‘I am afraid for him. Is he not afraid for himself?’ I asked, ‘What is feared for him?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Fear from fainting or stir up of the gallbladder.’ I then asked, ‘What if he is strong and is not afraid of anything?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, if he likes.’”