alkafi-6413Vol. 4, p. 114
قُلْتُ الصَّائِمُ يَمْضَغُ الْعِلْكَ قَالَ لَا[1].
“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who chews chewing gum when fasting. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he cannot do so.’”
A Fasting Person’s Use of Chewing Gum
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The Excellence of Fast and Fasting17Disciplines During Fasting11The Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause7Excellence of Fasting in the Month of Shaman, Continuing Such Fast to Connect it with the Month of Ramadan, and Three Days of Fasting Every Month13Breakfast before Dawn3The Prayer to Say During Breakfast after Sunset2Fasting Continuously and All the Time5The Case of One Who Eats or Drinks but Has Doubts About Its Taking Place before or after Dawn7What Is Dawn, When Does It Come and When Is It Unlawful to Eat?5The Case of One Who Eats, Thinking it to Be after Sunset, when It Is Not yet Sunset2The Excellence of the Month of Ramadan7The Time of Breaking Fast after Sunset3
alkafi-6414Vol. 4, p. 114
قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَمْضَغَ عِلْكاً فَإِنِّي مَضَغْتُ الْيَوْمَ عِلْكاً وَ أَنَا صَائِمٌ فَوَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُ شَيْئاً[2].
“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O Muhammad, never chew chewing gum because I today did so when I was fasting and I found something from it in my soul.’”