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ahmad:2904Ḥajjāj > Sharīk > Jābir > ʿĀmir > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ had cupping done three times, between the shoulder blades and on the back, and he paid the cupper his fee. Even if it had been prohibited, he would not have withheld it from him.  

أحمد:٢٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ ثَلاثًا فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَبَيْنَ الْكَتِفَيْنِ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ إِيَّاهُ  


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tabarani:12584ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Jābir > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ criticized the deceivers and gave the cupper his reward, even if it was unlawful, he would not withhold it from him."  

الطبراني:١٢٥٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ»  

الشَّعْبِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

tabarani:12589Muḥammad b. ʿAbdūs b. Kāmil > Makhlad b. Khālid al-Shaʿīrī > Ibrāhīm b. Khālid > Rabāḥ b. Zayd > Maʿmar > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > al-Shaʿbī > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ appointed one of his slaves from the Banu Bayadah tribe to collect his charity and gave him his due even though it was prohibited to do so.  

الطبراني:١٢٥٨٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسِ بْنِ كَامِلٍ ثنا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الشَّعِيرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ثنا رَبَاحُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَجَمَهُ مَوْلًى لِبَنِي بَيَاضَةَ وَأَعْطَاهُ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ إِيَّاهُ»  

tabarani:12846Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās al-Muʾaddib > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah > ʿAwf > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped and he paid the cupper his wages, even though it was forbidden, he would not withhold it.  

الطبراني:١٢٨٤٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ ثنا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ثنا عَوْفٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ»  

tabarani:13399ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. Mūsá > Salm b. Sālim > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed cupping while he was fasting and he paid the cupper his fee; if it was prohibited, he would not have paid him.  

الطبراني:١٣٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا سَلْمُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ»