Hadith 2051

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، وَجَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَحْتَجِمُ فِي الْأَخْدَعَيْنِ وَالْكَاهِلِ ، وَكَانَ يَحْتَجِمُ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَتِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَإِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، وَمَعْقِلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
´Anas narrated:` "The Prophet (S.A.W) would get cupped in his jugular veins and his upper back. And he would get cupped on the seventeenth (of the month), (or) the nineteenth, and (or) the twenty first."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب الطب عن رسول اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم / 2051
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح، ابن ماجة (3483)  |  زبیر علی زئی: (2051) إسناده ضعيف / د 3860، جه 3483
Hadith Takhrij «سنن ابی داود/ الطب 4 (3860) ، سنن ابن ماجہ/الطب 21 (3482) ( تحفة الأشراف : 1147) ، و مسند احمد (3/119) (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Cupping (hijamah) is a beneficial and practical method of treatment, but only for the person whom a skilled and expert physician advises. There is a risk of harm in having cupping done at the wrong place or by someone unqualified.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3860
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The mentioned narration has been declared weak by our esteemed researcher. However, other scholars have deemed it authentic based on supporting narrations and corroborations. Therefore, despite being weak in its chain, the mentioned narration is actionable due to supporting narrations and corroborations. For further details, see (Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah by al-Albani, no. 908; Sunan Ibn Majah, verified by Dr. Bashar Awwad, no. 3483).

➋ By "taking from the 'ayn," what is meant are those veins that are on the right and left sides of the neck.

➌ By "kahil" is meant the place between the shoulders where the neck joins the rest of the body.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3483