A Fasting Person’s Use of Perfumes
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 2|Chapter 32
4ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) الصَّائِمُ يَشَمُّ الرَّيْحَانَ وَالطِّيبَ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ. وَرُوِيَ أَنَّهُ لا يَشَمُّ الرَّيْحَانَ لأَنَّهُ يُكْرَهُ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَلَذَّذَ بِهِ.
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan, from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, ’Can a fasting person smell sweet basil and perfumes?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful.’” It is narrated that he (the Imam) would not smell sweet basil because of his dislike to enjoy such pleasure.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/295)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 78