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Hadith 309
Hadith #
309
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
2
Section
12
Part
Book of Fasting
Chapter
Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.1880 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), when fasting, would not smell basil. He was asked about this, and Imam (as) said: "I dislike mixing my fast with pleasure."
1880 - : وَ كَانَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِذَا صَامَ لاَ يَشَمُّ اَلرَّيْحَانَ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُخَلِّطَ صَوْمِي بِلَذَّةٍ.
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