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tabarani:13399ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > Muḥammad b. Mūsá > Salm b. Sālim > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed cupping while he was fasting and he paid the cupper his fee; if it was prohibited, he would not have paid him.  

الطبراني:١٣٣٩٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا سَلْمُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«احْتَجَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ صَائِمٌ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
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:2904Ḥajjāj > Sharīk > Jābir > ʿĀmir > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ had cupping done three times, between the shoulder blades and on the back, and he paid the cupper his fee. Even if it had been prohibited, he would not have withheld it from him.  

أحمد:٢٩٠٤حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ ثَلاثًا فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَبَيْنَ الْكَتِفَيْنِ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَرَامًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ إِيَّاهُ  

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  

hakim:8238Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Hāniʾ al-ʿAdl > al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl > ʿAffān b. Muslim > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. 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)  

الحاكم:٨٢٣٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَانِئٍ الْعَدْلُ ثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ ثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ بِهَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةِ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
tabarani:1422Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm Abū al-Naḍr > Yazīd b. Rabīʿah > Abū al-Ashʿath > Thawbān

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)   

الطبراني:١٤٢٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَمْزَةَ ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ ثنا أَبُو الْأَشْعَثِ عَنْ ثَوْبَانَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَقَالَ «اعْلِفُوهُ النَّاضِحَ»  

nasai-kubra:7536Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Ḥibbān > Wuhayb > ʿAbdullāh b. 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). (Using translation from Bukhārī 5691)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٥٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا حِبَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ احْتَجَمَ وَأَعْطَى الْحَجَّامَ أَجْرَهُ وَاسْتَعَطَ»