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muslim:1577aYaḥyá b. Ayyūb And Qutaybah b. Saʿīd Waʿalī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl Yaʿnūn Ibn Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Suʾil Anas b. Mālik > Kasb al-Ḥajjām

Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped. His cupper was Abu Taiba and he (the Holy Prophet) commanded to give him two sa's of corn. He (the Holy Prophet) talked with the members of his family and they lightened the burden of Kharaj (tax) from him (i. e. they made remis- sion in the charges of their own accord). He (Allah's Apostle) said: The best (treat- ment) which you take is cupping, or it is the best of your treatments.  

مسلم:١٥٧٧aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ فَقَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعَيْنِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَكَلَّمَ أَهْلَهُ فَوَضَعُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ وَقَالَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ أَوْ هُوَ مِنْ أَمْثَلِ دَوَائِكُمْ  


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Collected by Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad
tirmidhi:1278ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Ḥumayd > Suʾil Anas > Kasb al-Ḥajjām

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped. Abu Talhah did the cupping. So he ordered that he be given two Sa' of food, and he spoke to his masters to reduce his taxes. He said: 'The most virtuous of what you treat with is cupping.' Or, he said: 'The best of your treatments is cupping.'" [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Ibn 'Abbas, and Ibn 'Umar.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Anas is a Hasan Sahih. Some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and others permitted paying the cupper. This is the view of Ash-Shafi'i.
الترمذي:١٢٧٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ فَقَالَ

أَنَسٌ احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعَيْنِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَكَلَّمَ أَهْلَهُ فَوَضَعُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ وَقَالَ إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ أَوْ إِنَّ مِنْ أَمْثَلِ دَوَائِكُمُ الْحِجَامَةَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَنَسٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رَخَّصَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرِهِمْ فِي كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ
malik:54-26Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

Malik related to me from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped. Abu Tayba cupped him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered him to be given a sa of dates and ordered his family to lessen what he paid them for his kitaba or kharaj."  

مالك:٥٤-٢٦حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ  

ahmad:12785Muʾammal > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[Machine] Abu Taybah measured the Prophet ﷺ and ordered a sa' of dates for him. He spoke to his family and they set aside from their harvest for him.  

أحمد:١٢٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَبَا طَيْبَةَ حَجَمَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَكَلَّمَ أَهْلَهُ فَوَضَعُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ  

ahmad:12883Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ḥumayd > Suʾil Anas b. Mālik > Kasb al-Ḥajjām

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sought cupping treatment from Abu Taybah, who ordered two bushels of barley to be given to him, and he instructed his followers to reduce his tax. He said, "The best of what you can treat yourselves with is cupping and the sea onion."  

أحمد:١٢٨٨٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعَيْنِ مِنْ شَعِيرٍوَكَلَّمَ مَوَالِيَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ ضَرِيبَتَهُ وَقَالَ أَمْثَلُ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ وَالْقُسْطُ الْبَحْرِيُّ