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 a number of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ali ibn al-Hakam, from Sulaym al-Farra, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: I (narrator) asked Imam عليه السلام about ‘the fasting person applying kohl to his eyes.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no harm in it; it is neither food nor drink.”