Chapter on Ruling of Treatment for the Fasting Person, Kohl, Cupping, the Tooth-Stick (Siwak), Entering the Bathhouse, and Other than That

And from him, from Ali ibn al-Numan, from Said al-Araj, who said: I (narrator) asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, about ‘the fasting person undergoing cupping (al-hijamah).’ Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no harm, except if he fears weakness for himself.” – meaning which makes him unable to keep the fast.