Musnad Ahmad 1943

Translation

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had cupping done between Makkah and Madinah while he was fasting and in a state of ihram.

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• يحيى القطان

  ضعفه

  machine translationHe considered him weak (ḍaʿīf). Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 1950
• Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

  سألت أحمد بن حنبل عن حديث ابن عباس أن النبي عليه السلام احتجم وهو صائم محرم فقال ليس فيه صائم إنما هو محرم

  machine translationI asked Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal about the hadith of Ibn ʿAbbās that the Prophet, peace be upon him, had himself cupped while fasting and in a state of iḥrām. He said: "The word 'fasting' is not in it; it is only that he was in iḥrām." Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 1950
• الزيلعى

  مجمع على صحته

  machine translationThere is consensus on its authenticity (ṣiḥḥah). Report a problem

  in مسند أحمد, p. 1950

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   Miqsam b. Bajrah

   truthful (ṣadūq), and he used to narrate with omission of the intermediary (yursil)d. 101 AH
   مِقْسَمٍصدوق ، وكان يرسل
   عن
3. 3
   Yazīd b. Abī Ziyād

   Weak (ḍaʿīf); he grew old and his memory changed, and he came to accept prompting (talqīn); he was a Shiite.d. 136 AH or 137 AH
   يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي زِيَادٍضعيف ، كبر فتغير وصار يتلقن ، وكان شيعيا .
   أخبرنا
4. 4
   ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), devout (ʿābid)d. 191 AH, or 192 AH
   ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَثقة . فقيه عابد
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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