Cauterization: those who permitted it

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) in a vein of his arm twice.

It is narrated from Qays bin Abi Hazim that he said: We went to Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) to visit him in his illness. He had been cauterized seven times on his stomach.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he had his body cauterized because of facial paralysis (laqwah) and had ruqyah recited for a scorpion sting.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) adjured me that I must cauterize my body.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he had (his body) cauterized because of facial paralysis (laqwah).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) cauterized me, and he did so because of facial paralysis (laqwah).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman bin Sa'd bin Zurarah that he said: I heard my uncle Yahya (I have not found any man among us who resembles him) narrating that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Zurarah (may Allah be pleased with him) developed an ailment in his throat called al-dhubah (inflammation). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will most certainly do all that can excuse me concerning Abu Umamah," or he said: "I will most certainly strive." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized him with his own hand, and he passed away. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This (event) is an evil death for the Jews; they will say: 'Why did Muhammad not remove the affliction from his companion?' Yet I have no power over anything, neither for him nor for myself."

It is narrated from Shayban al-Lahham that he said: Ibn al-Hanafiyyah cauterized me on my head.

Ata bin al-Sa'ib narrates about Abu Abd al-Rahman that Ata went to him, and he had cauterized a slave boy.

It is narrated from Mutarrif bin al-Shikhkhir that Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) used to forbid cauterization, but later he had his own body cauterized.

It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz that Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) used to forbid cauterization, but then he was afflicted (with an illness) and had himself cauterized. After that he would say in a loud voice: "I had myself cauterized with fire, yet it neither ended the pain nor brought healing from the illness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A man was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for whom cauterization had been prescribed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Cauterize him," or he said: "Cauterize him with a heated stone."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jarir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) swore to me that I would most certainly cauterize myself.

Al-Hasan bin Sa'd narrates from his father that he said: Sayyiduna al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) had a Bactrian she-camel whose hump had fallen to one side, so he ordered me to cut it off and cauterize it.

It is narrated from Mujahid that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) cauterized one of his sons while in the state of ihram.