33. Book of Medicine
٣٣۔ كِتَابُ الطِّبِّ
[Machine] The translation of the given Arabic sentence is: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The best thing you can be treated with is Hijama.' As for the narration of Zuhair..."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «خَيْرُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحَجْمُ» وَأَمَّا حَدِيثُ زُهَيْرٍ
This tradition has also been narrated on the authority of ‘A’ishah through a different chain. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 99)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ
[Machine] I entered upon Abu Hurairah while he was cupping. He said to me, "O Abu Al-Hakam, do cupping." I replied, "I have never done cupping before." He said, "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, informed me that Gabriel, peace be upon him, informed him that cupping is the best cure for people."
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَهُوَ يَحْتَجِمُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ احْتَجِمْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا احْتَجَمْتُ قَطُّ «أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْحَجْمَ أَفْضَلُ مَا تَدَاوَى بِهِ النَّاسُ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If there is any healing in what you apply as a treatment, then it is in cupping, a drink of honey, or branding (cauterization) with fire, but I do not like to be cauterized."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَوْنَ بِهِ شِفَاءٌ فَشَرْطَةُ مُحْجِمٍ أَوْ شَرْبَةُ عَسَلٍ أَوْ كَيَّةٌ تُصِيبُ وَمَا أُحِبُّهُ إِذَا اكْتَوَى»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best remedies you seek are cautery, leeches, cupping, and walking."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ السَّعُوطُ وَاللَّدُودُ وَالْحِجَامَةُ وَالْمَشْيُ»
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group (of angels) but they said to me: “O Muhammad, tell your nation to use cupping.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3479)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَأٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَّا قَالُوا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ»
Umm Salamah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ permission for getting herself cupped. He commanded Abu Tibah to cup her. The transmitter said: I think he was her foster-brother or a boy not yet of age. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4105)
«أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا طَيْبَةَ أَنْ يَحْجُمَهَا» قَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «وَكَانَ أَخُوهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ أَوْ غُلَامًا لَهُ لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever performs hijama on the seventeenth of the month will have a cure for every disease."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنِ احْتَجَمَ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ كَانَ لَهُ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The best days for you to observe fasting are the seventeenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first days."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ مَا تَحْتَجِمُونَ فِيهِ يَوْمَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَيَوْمَ تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَيَوْمَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ»
"The Prophet ﷺ would get cupped in his jugular veins and his upper back. And he would get cupped on the seventeenth (of the month), (or) the nineteenth, and (or) the twenty first." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2051)
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْتَجِمُ عَلَى الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَكَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The vein in the middle of the head is a cause of madness, leprosy, drowsiness, and toothache." And he used to call it "savior."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْمَحْجَمَةُ الَّتِي فِي وَسَطِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجُنُونِ وَالْجُذَامِ وَالنُّعَاسِ وَالْأَضْرَاسِ» وَكَانَ يُسَمِّيهَا مَنْقَذَةً
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Hijama (cupping therapy) increases intelligence and improves memory. Therefore, perform hijama on the name of Allah on Thursday. Do not perform hijama on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. And perform hijama on Monday and Tuesday. No one catches leprosy or scab except on Wednesday night." All the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy except Ghazal ibn Muhammad, who is unknown to me for his credibility or weakness. The hadith has been confirmed from Ibn Umar, without a chain of narrators or a connected chain. Ghazal ibn Muhammad is unknown.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْحِجَامَةُ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ فَعَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ لَا تَحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَلَا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَلَا يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالثُّلَاثَاءِ وَمَا نَزَلَ جُذَامٌ وَلَا بَرَصٌ إِلَّا فِي لَيْلَةِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ» رُوَاةُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ كُلُّهُمْ ثِقَاتٌ إِلَّا غَزَالَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَجْهُولٌ لَا أَعْرِفُهُ بِعَدَالَةٍ وَلَا جَرْحٍ وَقَدْ صَحَّ الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ مُسْنَدٍ وَلَا مُتَّصِلٍ غزال بن محمد مجهول
[Machine] From Nafi', Abdullah bin Hisham Al-Dustouri is forgotten.
عَنْ نَافِعٍ عبد الله بن هشام الدستوائي متروك
“Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘O Nafi’! The blood is boiling in me. Bring me a cupper and let him be a young man, not an old man or a boy.’ Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and it increases one’s intellect and memory. And it increases the memory of one who has a good memory so whoever wants to be cupped, (let him do it) on a Thursday, in the Name of Allah. Avoid cupping on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Have yourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, and avoid cupping on Wednesdays, for that is the day on which the calamity befell Ayyub, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear on Wednesday or the night of Wednesday.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3488)
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الْحِجَامَةُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَمْثَلُ وَفِيهَا شِفَاءٌ وَبَرَكَةٌ وَهِيَ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ وَتَزِيدُ الْحَافِظَ حِفْظًا فَمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَجِمًا عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ فَلْيَحْتَجِمْ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَيَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي صَرَفَ اللَّهُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ فِيهِ الْبَلَاءَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الَّذِي ابْتَلَى اللَّهُ أَيُّوبَ فِيهِ بِالْبَلَاءِ وَمَا يَبْدُو جُذَامٌ وَلَا بَرَصٌ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ أَوْ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ»
[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'When the weather becomes extremely hot, seek relief through cupping, but do not cause harm to anyone by drawing too much blood that may lead to their death.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالْحِجَامَةِ لَا تَبَيَّغَ دَمُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَيَقْتُلَهُ»
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘What a good slave is the cupper. He takes away the blood, reduces pressure on the spine, and improves the eyesight.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3478)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ الْحَجَّامُ يُخِفَّ الظَّهْرَ وَيَجْلُو الْبَصَرَ»
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever gives medical treatment, with no prior knowledge of medicine, is responsible (for any harm done).’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3466)
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ تَطَبَّبَ وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ مِنْهُ طِبٌّ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ»
In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells and we asked: Messenger of Allah ! how do you look upon it ? He replied : Submit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3886)
كُنَّا نَرْقِي فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ «اعْرِضُوا عَلَيَّ رُقَاكُمْ لَا بَأْسَ بِالرُّقَى مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ شِرْكًا»
that the Prophet ﷺ saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said. "She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya." (Using translation from Bukhārī 5739)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى فِي بَيْتِهَا جَارِيَةً فِي وَجْهِهَا سَفْعَةٌ فَقَالَ «اسْتَرْقُوا لَهَا فَإِنَّ بِهَا النَّظْرَةَ»
[Machine] The Prophet used to, when visiting a sick person, sit by their head and say seven times, "I ask Allah the Mighty, the Lord of the Great Throne, to heal you." If it was decreed for them to be delayed in their recovery, then that pain would be forgiveness for them.
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا عَادَ الْمَرِيضَ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ «أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ» فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي أَجَلِهِ تَأْخِيرٌ عُوفِيَ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ ذَلِكَ
[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Whoever visits a sick person and says, 'I ask Allah the Great, the Lord of the Great Throne, to heal you. It is a duty upon me to heal you seven times if death is not imminent.' Abu Khalid Ad-Dalani and Maysarah ibn Habib An-Nahdi narrated this from Al-Minhâl ibn 'Amr who narrated it from Sa'id ibn Jubair who narrated it from Ibn Abbas."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ سَبْعًا عُوفِيَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ حَضَرَ أَجَلُهُ» وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ أَبُو خَالِدٍ الدَّالَانِيُّ وَمَيْسَرَةُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ النَّهْدِيُّ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ