95 - Cupping of the Muhrim in the Middle of His Head

2850 - Hilal ibn Bishr informed me, saying: Muhammad ibn Khalid — who is Ibn 'Athmah — narrated to us, saying: Sulayman ibn Bilal narrated to us, saying: 'Alqamah ibn Abi 'Alqamah said that he heard al-A'raj say:

I heard 'Abdullah ibn Buhaynah narrating that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was cupped in the middle of his head while he was in the state of ihram, at Lahy Jamal, on the road to Makkah.

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Ibn Khuzaymah also interpreted it as indicating multiplicity in his chapter on the hadith of Anas in his Sahih (2659), and Ibn Hibban did the same in his chapter on the hadith of Ibn Buhaynah (3953), which follows hereafter.

The hadith is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under numbers (3818) and (7554).

Ibn Hibban also narrated it (3952) via the chain of Ishaq ibn Ibrahim, with this isnad.

Ahmad narrated it (12682) — and from him Abu Dawud (1837) — from 'Abd al-Razzaq, with it.

Ahmad also narrated (13816) via the chain of Humayd al-Tawil, who said: Anas was asked about cupping for the muhrim, and he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was cupped due to a pain he had. Ibn Khuzaymah declared it authentic (2658).

(1) In the margin of (K): "bilahyay" (a variant reading), and it is an error.

(2) An authentic hadith. Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn 'Athmah — although he was truthful with a poor memory, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar said in al-Taqrib — was followed up, and the rest of its narrators are trustworthy. Al-A'raj is 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz, and 'Abdullah ibn Buhaynah is 'Abdullah ibn Malik ibn al-Qishb. It is in al-Sunan al-Kubra under number (3819).

Ibn Hibban also narrated it (3953) from 'Umar ibn Muhammad al-Hamdani, from Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn 'Athmah, with this isnad.

Ahmad (22924), al-Bukhari (1836) and (5698), Muslim (1203), and Ibn Majah (3481) also narrated it via multiple chains, from Sulayman ibn Bilal, with this isnad, and in Muslim's narration there is no mention of "at Lahy Jamal."

His statement "at Lahy Jamal": with a fatha on the lam, and it is also reported with a kasra, and a sukun on the unpointed letter: a place on the road to Makkah. Ibn Hajar said in Fath al-Bari 4/51: He who thought it meant the jawbone of the well-known animal (the camel) and that it was the cupping instrument was mistaken. End quote. Ahmad (2355) and al-Bukhari (5700) narrated via the chain of 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was cupped in his head while he was in the state of ihram due to a pain he had, at a water place called Lahy Jamal.