Those who permitted the fasting person to be cupped

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got cupped during the journey from Makkah to Madinah while he was fasting and in the state of ihram.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got cupped while he was fasting.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got cupped while he was fasting.

Ikrimah said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got cupped while he was fasting.

It is narrated from Ata bin Yasar that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Three things do not break the fast: being cupped, vomiting, and having a wet dream."

Muslim bin Sa'id said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about getting cupped while fasting, and he said: There is no harm in it.

Humayd said: Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about getting cupped while fasting, and he said: We did not consider anything of it disliked except the strain (weakness) it causes.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about getting cupped while fasting, and he said: The fast is broken by something entering (the body), not by something leaving it.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to get cupped while fasting; then he stopped doing that, and after that he used to get cupped at night.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to get cupped at nightfall while he was fasting.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (al-Khudri) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no harm in the fasting person getting cupped.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (al-Khudri) (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked cupping for the fasting person because of the weakness (it causes).

Dinar said: I cupped Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was fasting.

Al-Sha'bi said: Sayyiduna al-Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) got cupped while he was fasting.

Mujahid and Tawus did not see any harm in the fasting person getting cupped.

Abd al-A'la said: I saw Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami get cupped while fasting at sunset, timed so that his cupping coincided with his breaking the fast. I said to him: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, do you not consider cupping disliked for the fasting person? He said: Cupping is disliked for the fasting person only for fear of the weakness it causes.

Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said: The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) used to say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade getting cupped while fasting and continuous fasting (wisal) out of compassion for his companions, to make things easy for them.

Bazi' said: I asked Abu Wa'il about getting cupped while fasting, and he said: It is disliked only for fear of weakness.

Jubayr bin Nufayr said: Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) got cupped while he was fasting.

Ata and Sa'id bin Jubayr said: If the fasting person does not fear weakness, there is no harm in getting cupped.

The same is reported from al-Qasim and Salim.

Ayyub said: A man asked Ikrimah about getting cupped while fasting, and he said: There is no harm in it; it is like the excrement that leaves your body.

Urwah used to get cupped while he was fasting.

Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) got cupped while she was fasting.

Nafi' said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to get cupped while fasting; then he stopped doing that. I do not know why he stopped it, whether because he disliked it or because of weakness.

Sayyiduna Abu Taybah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was fasting, and I cupped him.

Abu Ja'far said: Cupping was disliked for the fasting person only for fear of weakness.