The earnings of a cupper

Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him): Why have the earnings of the cupper been disliked? He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: They have not been disliked.

Abu Qilabah said: If the cupper did not suck the blood, I would see no harm in this earning.

Zayd Abu Usamah said: I asked Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) and al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) about the earnings of the cupper. The two of them saw no harm in it, and they recited this verse of the Holy Qur'an: "Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to one who would eat it" [Al-An'am: 145].

Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I do not like the wages and earnings of the cupper and the bathhouse.

Al-Harith (may Allah have mercy on him) had a slave who was a cupper.

Al-Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the earnings of the cupper. He (may Allah have mercy on him) saw no harm in it.

The father of Haram bin Sa'd bin Muhayyisah (may Allah have mercy on him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about the earnings of the cupper. He (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him from it. He kept speaking to him (peace and blessings be upon him) about it until he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Feed your water-camel with that money, or feed your slave with it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped by Abu Taybah the cupper. He gave him two sa' of food and spoke to his household, and they reduced his levy.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped by a cupper named Abu Taybah, and he asked him: How much is your levy? He replied: Three sa'. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) had one sa' taken off his levy, and he gave him his wage.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said that there is no harm in the earnings of the cupper which he earns with shears.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped and paid the cupper a wage. Had the earnings of the cupper been unlawful, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have given it to him.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) while a slave of his was cupping him. I asked: O Abu Abbas, what do you do with this one's levy? He replied: I eat it myself and feed it to others. And he pointed with his hand to his mouth.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped, and then he asked the cupper: How much is your levy? He replied: Two sa'. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had one sa' taken off his levy. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me, and I gave him one sa'.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped and paid him a wage. Had there been any harm in this earning, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not have given it to him.

A woman came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: I am from Iraq, and I have a slave who does cupping. The people of Iraq claim that I eat the earnings of blood. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: They claim nothing at all. You eat the earnings of your slave; you do not eat the earnings of blood.

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was cupped and gave the cupper one dinar as his wage.

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said that there is no harm in a man being cupped without setting terms with the cupper.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The earnings of the cupper are suht (unlawful gain).

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: They used to dislike the earnings of the cupper.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the earnings of the cupper.

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a slave who was a cupper. He (may Allah be pleased with him) broke his tools and said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the earnings of blood.

It is narrated from Urwah that some young men of the Ansar had a slave who was a cupper. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them to use his earnings for the fodder of their camels.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The earnings of cupping are impure (khabith), the earnings from a prostitute's dowry are impure, and the price of a dog is impure.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) used to dislike the earnings of the cupper.