Sunan Ibn Majah 3488
On which days should cupping be done
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عِصْمَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ
يَا نَافِعُ تَبَيَّغَ بِيَ الدَّمُ فَأْتِنِي بِحَجَّامٍ وَاجْعَلْهُ شَابًّا وَلاَ تَجْعَلْهُ شَيْخًا وَلاَ صَبِيًّا قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ الْحِجَامَةُ عَلَى الرِّيقِ أَمْثَلُ وَهِيَ تَزِيدُ فِي الْعَقْلِ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الْحِفْظِ وَتَزِيدُ الْحَافِظَ حِفْظًا فَمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَجِمًا فَيَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ عَلَى اسْمِ اللَّهِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَيَوْمَ السَّبْتِ وَيَوْمَ الأَحَدِ وَاحْتَجِمُوا يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالثُّلاَثَاءِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الْحِجَامَةَ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي أُصِيبَ فِيهِ أَيُّوبُ بِالْبَلاَءِ وَمَا يَبْدُو جُذَامٌ وَلاَ بَرَصٌ إِلاَّ فِي يَوْمِ الأَرْبِعَاءِ أَوْ لَيْلَةِ الأَرْبِعَاءِ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Muḥammad b. al-Muṣaffá al-Ḥimṣī
- ʿUthmān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿIṣmah
- Saʿīd b. Maymūn
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
“Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘O Nafi’! The blood is boiling in me. Bring me a cupper and let him be a young man, not an old man or a boy.’ Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Cupping on an empty stomach is better, and it increases one’s intellect and memory. And it increases the memory of one who has a good memory so whoever wants to be cupped, (let him do it) on a Thursday, in the Name of Allah. Avoid cupping on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Have yourselves cupped on Mondays and Tuesdays, and avoid cupping on Wednesdays, for that is the day on which the calamity befell Ayyub, and leprosy and leucoderma only appear on Wednesday or the night of Wednesday.”
Grades by grader
| Zubair Ali Zai | Weak | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī | Weakin سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3598 | hadithunlocked |
| Muhammad Fuad Abd al-Baqi | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| al-Albani | Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī
سند لا بأس به
machine translationThe chain of narration is acceptable (lā baʾsa bihi).
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3598 - Mubarakpūri
أخرجه من طريقين ضعيفين وله طريق ثالثة ضعيفة أيضا عند الدارقطني في الأفراد وأخرجه بسند جيد عن ابن عمر موقوفا
in سنن ابن ماجه, p. 3598
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 4573وَعَن نافعٍ قَالَ: قَالَ ابنُ عمر: يَا نَافِع يَنْبغ بِي الدَّمُ فَأْتِنِي بِحَجَّامٍ وَاجْعَلْهُ شَابًّا وَلَا تَجْعَلهُ شَيخا وَلَا صَبيا. وَقَالَ ابْنِ عُمَرُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «الْحِجَا
Other narrations of this report
Musnad al-Bazzar 5972Musnad al-Bazzar 5973al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7479al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7480al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 7481al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 8255
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرقال
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- unknown (majhūl)سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍمجهولعن
- unknown (majhūl)عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عِصْمَةَمجهولحدثنا
- He may be al-Ṭarāʾifī, otherwise unknown (majhūl)عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِيحتمل أن يكون الطرائفي ، وإلا فمجهولحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), has some lapses (awhām), and he used to practise concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAlī al-Jayyānī said: about 240 AH, Ibn Qāniʿ said: 246 AHمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى الْحِمْصِيُّصدوق له أوهام ، وكان يدلسحدثنا
- one of the imams, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ)d. 273 AH, or: 275 AHابْنُ مَاجَهْأحد الأئمة ، حافظ
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
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