1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa’id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who becomes thirsty in the month of Ramadan. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful if he sucks his signet.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from Ali ibn al-Husayn from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Yunus ibn Ya’qub who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘The presence of a signet in the mouth of a fasting person is not harmful, but a date-stone is.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.