بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The meaning of “cupping” or “bloodletting”
Cupping is a treatment in which evacuated cups are applied to intact or scarified skin in order to draw blood toward or through the surface of the skin.
“Wet cupping” or “bloodletting” refers to the skin being incised at selected sites followed by cup application on the sites in order to draw out the blood for removal.(Cupping, The Great Missing Therapy)
Hijāmah refers to “cupping”, it’s derived from the Arabic root word hajm (“to cup”). Hajjām refers to the cupper. Mihjam refers to the cupping glass. (Hans Wehr Dictionary, 4th Ed)
The virtues of Hijāmah (cupping)
Narrated from Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) saying, “There is healing in cupping.”
أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَادَ الْمُقَنَّعَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لاَ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّى تَحْتَجِمَ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ “ إِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً ”.
(Sahīh al-Bukhārī 5697)
Abū Hurayrah narrated: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The best medical treatment you apply is cupping.”
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَىْءٍ مِمَّا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ خَيْرٌ فَالْحِجَامَةُ ”
(Sunan Abū Dawūd 3857. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group (of angels) but they said to me: O Muhammad, tell your nation to use cupping.”
حَدَّثَنَا جُبَارَةُ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ “ مَا مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي بِمَلإٍ إِلاَّ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ أُمَّتَكَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ ”
(Ibn Mājah 3479. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: “On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group of angels but they said to me: O Muhammad, you should use cupping.”
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ “ مَا مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي بِمَلإٍ مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ إِلاَّ كُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ لِي عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِالْحِجَامَةِ ”
(Ibn Mājah 3477. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
The recommended times to perform Hijāmah are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and 17, 19, 21 of the Islamic month
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th and 21st it will be a remedy for every disease.”
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ مَنِ احْتَجَمَ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ كَانَ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ ”
(Abū Dawūd 3861. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
Anas narrated: “The Prophet (ﷺ) would get cupped in his jugular veins and his upper back. And he would get cupped on the 17th (of the month), (or) the 19th, and (or) the 21st”
عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَحْتَجِمُ فِي الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ وَكَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ
(At-Tirmidhī 2051. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
Ibn ‘Umar narrated: “O Nāfi’! The blood is boiling in me, find me a cupper, but let it be someone gentle if you can, not an old man or a young boy. For I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say: ‘Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and in it there is healing and blessing, and it increases one’s intellect and memory. So have yourselves cupped for the blessing of Allāh on Thursdays, and avoid cupping on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Have yourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, for that is the day on which Allāh relieved Ayyūb of Calamity, and He inflicted calamity upon him on a Wednesday, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear on Wednesdays, or on the night of Wednesday.”
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ يَا نَافِعُ قَدْ تَبَيَّغَ بِيَ الدَّمُ فَالْتَمِسْ لِي حَجَّامًا وَاجْعَلْهُ رَفِيقًا إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ وَلاَ تَجْعَلْهُ شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا وَلاَ صَبِيًّا صَغِيرًا فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ “ الْحِجَامَةُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَمْثَلُ وَفِيهِ شِفَاءٌ وَبَرَكَةٌ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَفِي الْحِفْظِ فَاحْتَجِمُوا عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ وَالْجُمُعَةِ وَالسَّبْتِ وَيَوْمَ الأَحَدِ تَحَرِّيًا وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالثُّلاَثَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي عَافَى اللَّهُ فِيهِ أَيُّوبَ مِنَ الْبَلاَءِ وَضَرَبَهُ بِالْبَلاَءِ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَبْدُو جُذَامٌ وَلاَ بَرَصٌ إِلاَّ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ أَوْ لَيْلَةَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ ”
(Ibn Mājah 3487. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)
Some of the symptoms and conditions Hijāmah treats
- Improving blood circulation, removing stasis and alleviating pain and swelling.
- Toxin and irritants elimination, tissue de-acidification. Stimulating the immune system and reducing muscular stress.
- Alleviation from stiffness in the neck and shoulders.
- Pain control – headache, menstrual cramp, lower back pain.
- Rheumatoid arthritis.
- Muscular fibrosis and spondylosis (wear and tear of spinal disks).
- Chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Fevers and local inflammation.
- Common cold and flu.
- Chest and heart diseases such as chronic cough, asthma, hypertension.
- UTI infections.
- Gastrointestinal diseases and constipation.
- Psychological conditions such as schizophrenia.
- Cancer.
(Cupping, The Great Missing Therapy)
fawaaids.com 