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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  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:2850Hilāl b. Bishr > Muḥammad b. Khālid / Ibn ʿAthmah > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah > al-Aʿraj > ʿAbdullāh Ibn Buḥaynah

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping in the middle of his head, when he was in Ihram, in Lahi Jamal, on the road to Makkah.  

النسائي:٢٨٥٠أَخْبَرَنِي هِلاَلُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَثْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلاَلٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الأَعْرَجَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ابْنَ بُحَيْنَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ بِلَحْىِ جَمَلٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ  

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  

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  

nasai-kubra:3819Hilāl b. Bishr al-Baṣrī > Muḥammad b. Khālid > Sulaymān b. Bilāl > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah > al-Aʿraj > ʿAbdullāh b. Buḥaynah

That the Messenger of Allah was treated by means of cupping in the middle of his head, when he was in Ihram, in Lahi Jamal, on the road to Makkah. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2850)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨١٩أَخْبَرَنِي هِلَالُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ بِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْأَعْرَجَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ بُحَيْنَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَسَطَ رَأْسِهِ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ بِلَحْيِ جَمَلٍ مِنْ طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ»