Hadith 3488

On Which Days Should Cupping Be Done?

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Darussalam · Volume 4

31. Chapters On Medicine

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 3488 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1154

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English translation

3488. It was narrated that Nāfi' said: 'Ibn 'Umar said: 'O Nāfi'! The blood is boiling in me. Bring me a cupper and let him be a young man, not an old man or a boy.' Ibn 'Umar said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: "Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and it increases one's intellect and memory. And it increases the memory of one who has a good memory so whoever wants to be cupped, (let him do it) on a Thursday, in the Name of Allāh. Avoid cupping on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Have yourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, and avoid cupping on Wednesdays, for that is the day on which the calamity befall Ayyub, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear on Wednesday or the night of Wednesday." (Da'if)

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3488 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، يَا نَافِعُ تَبَيَّغَ بِيَ الدَّمُ فَأْتِنِي بِحَجَّامٍ، وَاجْعَلْهُ شَابًّا، وَلَا تَجْعَلْهُ شَيْخًا، وَلَا صَبِيًّا، قَالَ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «الْحِجَامَةُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَمْثَلُ، وَهِيَ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ، وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ، وَتَزِيدُ الْحَافِظَ حِفْظًا، فَمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَجِمًا، فَيَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَيَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، وَيَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ، وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ، وَالثُّلَاثَاءِ، وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، فَإِنَّهُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي أُصِيبَ فِيهِ أَيُّوبُ بِالْبَلَاءِ، وَمَا يَبْدُو جُذَامٌ، وَلَا بَرَصٌ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ، أَوْ لَيْلَةِ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ»

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a. We should believe in the efficacy of the week days as mentioned in the Hadith. b. Cupping on an empty stomach is more useful. c. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday are suitable days for cupping. Cupping on Sunday is allowed, but Sunday should not be singled out for this purpose. If it happens to be on Sunday then there is no harm. d. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday; if any day among these days falls on the 17th, 19th or 21st of the lunar month, cupping on that day is better. e. Avoiding cupping on Wednesday is compulsory.