Prophet Sayings
WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT HIJAMA (CUPPING) BY THE BEST OF CREATION PROPHET SAW:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that he paid Al-Muqanna a visit during his illness and said, “I will not leave till he gets cupped, for I heard the Prophet (PBUH) saying, “There is healing in cupping.”
Saheeh Bukhari: Volume 7, Book 71, Number 600:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire (cauterizing).” But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization) branding with fire.”
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 584:
Malik related to me that he heard that the Prophet (PBUH) said, “If there is a remedy that will reach the disease, then cupping will reach it.”
Maliks Muwatta Book 54
Narrated By Abu Hurayrah : The Prophet (PBUH) said: The best medical treatment you apply is cupping.
Abu Dawud Book 22. Medicine
THE PROPHET (PBUH) WAS CUPPED ON HIS BLESSED HEAD:
Abu Hurayrah said: Abu Hind cupped the Prophet (PBUH) in the middle of his blessed head. The Prophet (PBUH) said: Banu Bayadah, marry Abu Hind (to your daughter), and ask him to marry (his daughter) to you. He said: The best thing by which you treat yourself is cupping.
Abu Dawud Book 05. Marriage
RECOMMENDED TIMES TO DO HIJAMA:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Buhaina: The Prophet (PBUH) was cupped on the middle of his blessed head at Lahl Jamal on his way to Mecca while he was in a state of Ihram. Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: The Prophet (PBUH) was cupped on his blessed head.
Saheeh Bukhari Volume 7, Book 71, Number 601:
RECOMMENDED TIMES TO DO HIJAMA:
Anas bin Malik (RA) stated the Prophet (PBUH) used the treatment of cupping on both sides of his blessed head and shoulders and generally this treatment was done on the 17th, 19th and 21st of the Islamic lunar month. (Tirmidhi).
It is best to avoid Wednesdays and Saturdays for Cupping as recommended.
FASTING AND CUPPING:
The Prophet (PBUH) was cupped while he was fasting. However, if doing this weakens the fasting person, it is disliked. Thabit al-Bunani asked Anas: “Did you dislike cupping for a fasting person during the time of the Prophet?” He answered: “No [we did not], unless it made someone weak.” This is related by Al-Bukhari.
THE PROPHET (PBUH) WAS CUPPED DURING UMRAH:
Ibn ‘Abbas (RA) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) got himself cupped in the state of Ihram.
Sahih Muslim Book 07. Pilgrimage Chapter : Permissibility of cupping for a Muhrim.
The Prophet (PBUH) said, I did not pass by any group of angels on the night of Al Isra’, except they said to me: “O Muhammad, tell your Ummah to do Cupping”. Ibn Majah, 3477
CUPPING MENTIONED ON THE NIGHT OF AL ISRA’:
IN REGARDS TO THE ONE PERFORMING CUPPING:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas: The Prophet (PBUH) was cupped and he paid the wages to the one who had cupped him and then took Su’ut (Medicine sniffed by nose).
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 595:
It is permissible to get the wages of cupping. A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira RA.
Sahih Muslim Book 10. Business Transactions Chapter:
