Hadith 30941

Chapter 11

باب 11

(11) باب حِلِّ أُجْرَةِ الْحِجَامَةِ

(11) Chapter: The permissibility of a cupper's earnings (FR)
78
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ، - يَعْنِي الْفَزَارِيَّ - عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ سُئِلَ أَنَسٌ عَنْ كَسْبِ الْحَجَّامِ، فَذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ " إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا تَدَاوَيْتُمْ بِهِ الْحِجَامَةُ وَالْقُسْطُ الْبَحْرِيُّ وَلاَ تُعَذِّبُوا صِبْيَانَكُمْ بِالْغَمْزِ " .

Rumaid reported that Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) has asked about the earnings of a cupper. Then (the above-mentioned hadith was reported but with this addition) that he said:
The best treatment which you get is cupping. or aloeswood and do not torture your children by pressing their uvula. (FR)

Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 1577 b (FR)

In-book reference (FR): Book 22, Hadith 78 (FR)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 10, Hadith 3831 (FR)