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tabarani:12848 – Abū Muslim al-Kashhī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ḥammād al-Shuʿaythī > Ibn ʿAwf > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped and paid the cupper, even though he knew that he was bad at cupping, he still paid him.  

الطبراني:١٢٨٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الشُّعَيْثِيُّ ثنا ابْنُ عَوْفٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «احْتَجَمَ وَآجَرَهُ وَلَوْ عَلِمَهُ خَبِيثًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ»  

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abudawud:3423 – Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got him self cupped and gave the cupper his wages. Had he considered it impure, he would not have given it (wage) to him.  

أبو داود:٣٤٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ عَلِمَهُ خَبِيثًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ