176. Looking For A Healing? Try Hijaamah

By Asma bint Shameem 

Are you sick? 

Have you been suffering from an ailment or disease? 

Or maybe you’re just exhausted and tired?

Well, there’s a way out of all that Bi idhnillaah. 

And that’s through Hijaamah or Cupping. 

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:

“The BEST treatment you can use is Hijaamah (cupping).” (al-Bukhaari) 

And he said:

“Healing is to be found in three things: drinking honey, the knife of the cupper, and cauterization of fire.” (al-Bukhaari)

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam himself got Hijaamah done on himself and so did the Sahaabah. 

*Hijaamah is so good even the Angels recommend it!*

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:

“I did not pass by any group of angels on the night of the Isra’ [the Prophet’s night journey when he was taken from Makkah to Jerusalem and back in the course of a single night], but all of them said to me, “You should use cupping, O Muhammad.” 

(Ahmad - saheeh by al-Albaani)

*So what is Hijaamah exactly?*

Hijaamah is also called wet cupping. It’s where a trained individual makes very tiny superficial (virtually painless) “cuts” on certain parts of the body, using a sharp blade and then applies special suction cups over the area and some of the blood oozes into the cups. 

Hijaamah is non-invasive, quick and easy and least painful, yet very effective to cure a lot of ailments from acne to arthritis to heart disease to fatigue with the permission of Allaah Alhamdulillaah

AND it’s the recommendation of our beloved Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam. 

*Any specific days?*

Do keep in mind that there are NO authentic reports from the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam specifying a certain day of the month for getting hijaamah done. 

According to the majority of the scholars, the ahaadeeth about specific days or dates on which hijaamah is to be done are NOT AUTHENTIC. 

So you can get hijaamah done ANY time of the month especially if it’s needed. 

Imam Maalik was asked about cupping on Saturdays and Wednesdays, and he said:

“There is nothing wrong with that; there is no day on which I have not had cupping done, and I do not regard any of that as makrooh.”

[Al-Muntaqa Sharh al-Muwatta’ (7/225)]

The scholars said:

“Most of the leading scholars have stated that all the hadiths in these two categories (about hijaamah) are da‘eef and not one of them is soundly narrated from the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam.” (Islamqa Fatwa # 128170)

So now that you know about the benefits of Hijaamah, what are you waiting for? 

Find a good Hijaamah expert near you and seek healing through this blessed cure with the permission of your Rabb.

And Allaah knows best