Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3482
حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ الإِسْكَافِ، عَنِ الأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِحِجَامَةِ الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Suwayd ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn Mushir narrated to us, from Saʿd al-Iskāf, from al-Aṣbagh ibn Nubātah, from ʿAlī, who said: Gabriel came down to the Prophet with cupping at the two jugular veins and the upper-back area (al-kāhil).
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
الأخدعان are the paired jugular vessels; الكاهل names the upper-back/withers area. The Arabic says Gabriel came with cupping at these sites; ‘recommended’ is supplied only to make the elliptical phrasing natural.
قَالَ نَزَلَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ بِحِجَامَةِ الأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ .
الأخدعان refers to two paired vessels commonly identified as the jugulars, while الكاهل denotes the upper back/withers region; the Arabic supplies no further anatomical detail.
Should these anatomical site names be translated conventionally or retained as Arabic terms?