Chapter on Additions

And from him, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Hammad, from al-Halabi: Imam عليه السلام was asked about ‘a fasting woman who cooks the pot and tastes the broth, looking into it.’ – meaning the odours enter her nose and throat. Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no harm.” And Imam عليه السلام was asked about ‘a woman who has a child while she is fasting, so she chews bread (food) for him to feed him.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “There is no harm in it, and likewise for the bird (to feed it), if it is hers.”