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, from Ismail ibn Marrar, from Yunus, from Abu Jamilah, from Zayd al-Shahham, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: (Imam عليه السلام was asked) concerning ‘a fasting person who rinses his mouth.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “He should not swallow his saliva until he spits three times.”