Musnad Abi Ya'la 2100 — he came to visit al-Muqanna' bin Sinan

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to visit al-Muqanna' bin Sinan in his illness, who was the maternal uncle of Asim (may Allah have mercy on him). He greeted him with salam; he was dressed in a cloak and a lower garment, and his eyesight had gone. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What are you suffering from?", while he had noticed some yellow dye on his head and beard. He replied: "An abscess, which has taken away my sleep and kept me awake all night." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O boy! Call a cupper for us." Al-Muqanna' said: "O Abu Abdullah! What will you do with the cupper?" He said: "I want to apply a cupping glass to it (the abscess)." Al-Muqanna' said: "May Allah forgive you! By Allah, even if a cloth touches me or a fly settles on me, it hurts me." When Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) saw his distress about it, he began to narrate to us a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is good in anything among your remedies, or if there is (healing), then it is in the incision of the cupper, or in a drink of honey, or in cauterisation with fire that suits the illness; and I do not like to be cauterised." Then he had the cupper called; he applied the cupping glass to his abscess, and when it reached the area above his eyebrow, he made an incision in it with a lancet he had with him. So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, removed the harm that had afflicted him, and he was completely restored to health.