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tabarani:12849Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ayyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (may ﷺ ) suffered from cupping and he paid the cupper his fee. Had it been prohibited, the Messenger of Allah (may ﷺ ) would not have allowed it.  

الطبراني:١٢٨٤٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أنا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أنا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ سُحْتًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:2278Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ was cupped, he paid the man who cupped him his wages.  

البخاري:٢٢٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ  

bukhari:2279Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

When the Prophet ﷺ was cupped, he paid the man who cupped him his wages. If it had been undesirable he would not have paid him.  

البخاري:٢٢٧٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ عَلِمَ كَرَاهِيَةً لَمْ يُعْطِهِ  

bukhari:2103Musaddad > Khālid > Ibn ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once the Prophet ﷺ got his blood out (medically) and paid that person who had done it. If it had been illegal, the Prophet ﷺ would not have paid him.  

البخاري:٢١٠٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الَّذِي حَجَمَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ  

bukhari:5691Muʿallá b. Asad > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ was cupped and he paid the wages to the one who had cupped him and then took Su'ut (Medicine sniffed by nose).  

البخاري:٥٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

muslim:1202b[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAffān b. Muslim [Chain 2] Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > al-Makhzūmī > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped and he paid the clipper his charges and he put medicine in his nostrils.  

مسلم:١٢٠٢bوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْمَخْزُومِيُّ كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ وُهَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

muslim:1202dAḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ṣakhr al-Dārimī > Ḥabbān b. Hilāl > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle ﷺ got himself cupped and gave to the cupper his wages and he put the medicine in the nostril.  

مسلم:١٢٠٢dحَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

abudawud:3423Musaddad > 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:٣٤٢٣حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ibnmajah:2164ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Bayān al-Wāsiṭī > Khālid b. ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > Ibn Sīrīn > Anas b. Mālik

the Prophet ﷺ was treated with cupping and gave the cupper his wages.  

ابن ماجة:٢١٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ بَيَانٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ  

ahmad:1129ʿAbdullāh > Abū Ḥafṣ ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Abū Dāwud > And Rqāʾ > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Abū Jamīlah > ʿAlī

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was treated with cupping and he gave the cupper his fee.  

أحمد:١١٢٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَفْصٍ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ أَخْبَرَنِي وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ  

ahmad:2249Abū Dāwud > Zamʿah > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was treated with cupping and he gave the cupper his fee. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1129)  

أحمد:٢٢٤٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ زَمْعَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ  

ahmad:2337Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was treated with cupping and he gave the cupper his fee. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1129)  

أحمد:٢٣٣٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنِي وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

ahmad:2659Kadhā

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ got himself cupped and he paid the clipper his charges and he put medicine in his nostrils. (Using translation from Muslim 1202b)  

أحمد:٢٦٥٩وَبِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ كَذَا قَالَ

أَبِي إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

ahmad:2670Abū Saʿīd > Wuhayb > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was treated with cupping and he gave the cupper his fee. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1129)  

أحمد:٢٦٧٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ  

ahmad:3085ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Hishām > Muḥammad > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed hijama (cupping) and gave the cupper his payment, even though it was forbidden. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not give it to him.  

أحمد:٣٠٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ سُحْتًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ  

ahmad:3284Khālid > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ frowned and gave him his reward, even though what he gave him was forbidden.  

أحمد:٣٢٨٤عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَعْطَاهُ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا مَا أَعْطَاهُ  

ahmad:3286Yazīd > al-Ḥajjāj > al-Ḥakam > Miqsam > Ibn ʿAbbās Wʿan Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father

It was narrated from ʿAli ؓ that The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was treated with cupping and he gave the cupper his fee. (Using translation from Aḥmad 1129)  

أحمد:٣٢٨٦حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مِقْسَمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وعَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ