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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:١٥٧٧أحَدَّثَنَا 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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bukhari:2102ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ḥumayd > Anas b. Mālik

Abu Taiba cupped Messenger of Allah ﷺ so he ordered that he be paid one Sa of dates and ordered his masters to reduce his tax (as he was a slave and had to pay a tax to them).

البخاري:٢١٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

حَجَمَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ

bukhari:2210ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

Abu Taiba cupped Messenger of Allah ﷺ and so Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered that a Sa of dates be paid to him and ordered his masters (for he was a slave) to reduce his tax.

البخاري:٢٢١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

حَجَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ

bukhari:5696Muḥammad b. Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas > Suʾil > Ajr al-Ḥajjām

that he was asked about the wages of the one who cups others. He said, 'Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cupped by ʿAbd Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and interceded for him with his masters who consequently reduced what they used to charge him daily. Then the Prophet ﷺ s said, "The best medicines you may treat yourselves with are cupping and sea incense.' He added, "You should not torture your children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the finger, but use incense."

البخاري:٥٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيلُ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَجْرِ الْحَجَّامِ فَقَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَجَمَهُ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ وَأَعْطَاهُ صَاعَيْنِ مِنْ طَعَامٍ وَكَلَّمَ مَوَالِيَهُ فَخَفَّفُوا عَنْهُ وَقَالَ إِنَّ أَمْثَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ وَالْقُسْطُ الْبَحْرِيُّ وَقَالَ لاَ تُعَذِّبُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِالْغَمْزِ مِنَ الْعُذْرَةِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُسْطِ

abudawud:3424al-Qaʿnabī > Mālik > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

That Abu Tibah cupped the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ordered that a sa' of dates be given to him, also ordering his people to remit some of his dues.

أبو داود:٣٤٢٤حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ حَجَمَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ

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

ahmad:12785Muʾammal > Ḥammād > Thābit > Anas

[AI] 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

[AI] 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

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

bayhaqi:15786Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Ḥakam > Ibn Wahb > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Wamālik b. Anas And Sufyān b. Saʿīd al-Thawrī > Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl > Anas b. Mālik

[AI] "Abu Taybah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, measured his portion and gave him two or a saa's worth of dates, and instructed his family to reduce their share of his dues."

البيهقي:١٥٧٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَكَمِ أنبأ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَمَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الثَّوْرِيُّ أَنَّ حُمَيْدًا الطَّوِيلَ حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

حَجَمَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطَاهُ صَاعَيْنِ أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَالِكٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ

bayhaqi:19510Abū Zakariyyā b. Abū Isḥāq And ʾAbū Bakr b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān > al-Shāfiʿī > Mālik > Ḥumayd > Anas

That Abu Tibah cupped the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he ordered that a sa' of dates be given to him, also ordering his people to remit some of his dues. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3424)

البيهقي:١٩٥١٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ أنبأ مَالِكٌ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

حَجَمَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِصَاعٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ وَأَمَرَ أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفُوا عَنْهُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ