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

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, all together from Ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad, from al-Halabi, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the fasting person, my he undergo cupping (al-hijamah)?’ Imam عليه السلام said: “I fear for him (of weakness); does he not fear for himself?” I (narrator) asked: “What do you fear for him?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Fainting (al-ghashayan), or that bile (mirrah) may be stirred up in him.” I (narrator) replied: “What do you think, if he is strong enough for that and does not fear anything?” Imam عليه السلام said: “Yes, if he wishes.”