“Fever is one of the bellows of Hell, so avert it fromyourselveswith cold water.”

“Ifthereis any good in any of the remedies you use, it is in cupping.”

“On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’),I did not pass by any group of angels but all of them said to me: ‘OMuhammad, you should use cupping.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said: ‘What a good slave is the cupper. He takes away the blood,reduces pressure on the spine, and improves the eyesight.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘On thenight onwhich I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did notpass byany group (of angels) but they said to me: “O Muhammad, tellyournation to use cupping.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir that Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet(ﷺ),asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for permission to be cupped,andthe Prophet (ﷺ) told Abu Taibah to cup her.

“I heard ‘Abdullah bin Buhainahsay:‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was cupped in Lahyi Jamal,* inthemiddle of his head, while he was a Muhrim.”

“Jibra’il came down to the Prophet(ﷺ) with (the recommendation of) cupping in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck.”

It wasnarrated from Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) was cupped in thetwo veinsat theside of the neck and the base of the neck.

“Whoeverlets blood from these places, it does not matter if he doesnot seektreatment for anything else.”

“Meaning that the Prophet (ﷺ) was cupped because of that for bruising.”

“Whoever wants to be cupped, let him seek out the seventeenth,nineteenth or twenty-first (of the month); and let none of you allowhis blood to rage so that it kills him.”

“O Nafi’! The blood is boilinginme, find me a cupper, but let it be someone gentle if you can, notanold man or a young boy. For I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)say:‘Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and in it there ishealingand blessing, and it increases one’s intellect and memory. Sohaveyourselves cupped for the blessing of Allah on Thursdays, andavoidcupping on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Haveyourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, for that is the day onwhich Allah relieved Ayyub of Calamity, and He inflicted calamityuponhim on a Wednesday, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear onWednesdays, or on the night of Wednesday.”

“Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘O Nafi’! Thebloodis boiling in me. Bring me a cupper and let him be a young man,not anold man or a boy.’ Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘I heard theMessenger of Allah(ﷺ) say: “Cupping on an empty stomach isbetter, and it increasesone’s intellect and memory. And itincreases the memory of one who hasa good memory so whoever wants tobe cupped, (let him do it) on aThursday, in the Name of Allah. Avoidcupping on Fridays, Saturdaysand Sundays. Have yourselves cupped onMondays and Tuesdays, and avoidcupping on Wednesdays, for that isthe day on which the calamitybefell Ayyub, and leprosy andleucoderma only appear on Wednesday orthe night of Wednesday.”

“Whoever seeks treatment by cauterization, orwithRuqyah, then he had absolved himself of reliance upon Allah.”

“The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade cauterization. I had myself cauterized and I have notprospered or succeeded.”

“Healing is in three things: Adrink of honey, the glass of the cupper, and cauterizing with fire,but I forbid my nation to use cauterization.” And he attributed ittothe Prophet (ﷺ).

“Iheardmy paternal uncle Yahya – and I have not seen a man among uslikehim – tell the people that Sa'd bin Zurarah, who was thegrandfather of Muhammad through his mother, was suffering from paininhis throat, known as croup. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘I shall domybest for Abu Umamah.’ Such that I will be excused (i.e., free ofblameif he is not healed). And he cauterized him with his own hand,but hedied. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘May the Jews be doomed! Theywill say:“Why could he not avert death from his Companions?” ButI have nopower to do anything for him or for my own self.’”

“Ubayy bin Ka’b fell sick, and theProphet (ﷺ) sent a doctor to him who cauterized him on his medicalarm vein.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)cauterized Sa’d bin Mu’adh on his medial arm vein, twice.