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abudawud:1836ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Hishām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had himself cupped in his head when he was in the sacred state (wearing ihram due to a disease from which he was suffering.  

أبو داود:١٨٣٦حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ مِنْ دَاءٍ كَانَ بِهِ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:1202Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb Waʾisḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Isḥāq > al-Ākharān > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus Waʿaṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped in the state of lhrim.  

مسلم:١٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

nasai:2845Qutaybah > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram.  

النسائي:٢٨٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

nasai:2846Qutaybah > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus And ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet was treated by means of cupping when he was Ihram.  

النسائي:٢٨٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

nasai:2848Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū al-Walīd > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

That the Prophet was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram for a contusion that he had suffered. (Diaf)  

النسائي:٢٨٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِ  

abudawud:1835Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > ʿAṭāʾ And Ṭāws > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram).  

أبو داود:١٨٣٥حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَطَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

malik:20-76Yaḥyá > Mālik > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sulaymān b. Yasār

Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Sa'id, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was once cupped on the top of his head while he was in ihram, at Lahyay Jamal, which is a place on the road to Makka.  

مالك:٢٠-٧٦حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِلَحْيَىْ جَمَلٍ مَكَانٌ بِطَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ  

ahmad:2666Yūnus > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ b. Abū Rabāḥ > Ibn ʿAbbās

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2845)  

أحمد:٢٦٦٦حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

ahmad:2716Abū Salamah al-Khuzāʿī > Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2845)  

أحمد:٢٧١٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

ahmad:14908ʿAffān > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

That the Prophet was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram for a contusion that he had suffered. (Diaf) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2848)  

أحمد:١٤٩٠٨حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْوَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِ  

ahmad:1922Sufyān > ʿAmr Awwal Faḥafiẓnāh > Ṭāwus > Marrah > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2845)  

أحمد:١٩٢٢حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو أَوَّلًا فَحَفِظْنَاهُ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أَخْبَرَنِي طَاوُسٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

ahmad:1923Sufyān > ʿAmr > ʿAṭāʾ And Ṭāws > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

أحمد:١٩٢٣وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنَاهُ سُفْيَانُ وَقَالَ عَمْرٌو عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَطَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ  

ahmad:3523Rawḥ > Hishām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had himself cupped in his head when he was in the sacred state (wearing ihram due to a disease from which he was suffering. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1836)   

أحمد:٣٥٢٣حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ فِي رَأْسِهِ مِنْ صُدَاعٍ وَجَدَهُ  

ذِكْرُ جَوَازِ احْتِجَامِ الْمَرْءِ الْمُحْرِمِ لِعِلَّةٍ تَعْتَرِضَهُ

ibnhibban:3950al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Hishām b. Ḥassān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had himself cupped in his head when he was in the sacred state (wearing ihram due to a disease from which he was suffering. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1836)   

ابن حبّان:٣٩٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ أَذًى كَانَ بِرَأْسِهِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْمُحْرِمِ أَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ لِعِلَّةٍ تَحْدُثُ بِهِ مَا لَمْ يَقْطَعْ شَعَرًا

ibnhibban:3951Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Abū Khaythamah > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus And ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2845)  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

tabarani:11500Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > al-Ḥakam b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir > ʿAṭāʾ And Mujāhid Waṭāws > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ performed Hijama (cupping therapy) while he was in a state of ihram because he was suffering from pain, and he also performed tawaf while in a state of ihram."  

الطبراني:١١٥٠٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ثنا النُّعْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَمُجَاهِدٍ وَطَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَجَعٍ كَانَ بِهِ وتَسَوَّكَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

tabarani:11387ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá b. Ḥammād al-Narsī And ʾAbū Khaythamah > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus Waʿaṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الطبراني:١١٣٨٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ النَّرْسِيُّ وَأَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَا ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

tabarani:11859ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muʿallá b. Asad > Wuhayb > Ayyūb > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped in the state of lhrim. (Using translation from Muslim 1202)  

الطبراني:١١٨٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ ثنا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

nasai-kubra:7553Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > al-Ḥārith b. ʿAṭiyyah > Hishām > Abū al-Zubayr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Abū al-Walīd > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was cupped on his head while he was in a state of ihram, and there was a swelling in his leg," said Harith.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٥٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِ» وَقَالَ الْحَارِثُ مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ فِي وَرِكِهِ  

nasai-kubra:7555Abū Dāwud > Muḥāḍir > Hishām > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ was cupped on his head while he was in a state of ihram, seeking relief from a headache that he was experiencing."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٥٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَاضِرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ صُدَاعٍ كَانَ يَجِدْهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3814Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨١٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3815Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus And ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨١٥أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3817Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Baghdādī > Abū al-Walīd > Yazīd b. Ibrāhīm > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

That the Prophet was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram for a contusion that he had suffered. (Diaf) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2848)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ مِنْ وَثْءٍ كَانَ بِهِ»  

nasai-kubra:3191Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Ṭāwus And ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣١٩١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ طَاوُسٍ وَعَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3194ʿĪsá b. Ḥammād > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣١٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»  

nasai-kubra:3223Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Abū al-Zubayr > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn ‘Abbas said The Prophet ﷺ had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state(wearing ihram). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1835)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٢٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ»