Saturday, April 27, 2013

CUPPING TREATMENT IN PAKISTAN

The word ‘hijamah’ derived its origin from the word al-hajm which carries the meaning: to suck, to absorb, or to extract. It described a medical treatment whereby ‘dirty’ blood is extracted from the body by a suction cup attached to a lightly incised skin surface

You can perform Hijamah in Mauritius itself!
What Islam says about Al hijama
Besides being a medical treatment, Al hijamah is a Sunnah that was practiced and promoted by the prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him). There are various hadith showing the important place hijamah enjoyed in the lives of the prophet (peace be upon him) and the early Muslims.

hat Islam says about Al hijamah
There exists many ahadith from the prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) concerning hijamah, and Islamic literature is full of reports that of hijamah being practised by the Sahabas and the early Muslims.

The Prophet (may peace and blessings be upon him) practised hijamah
Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was treated with cupping, and he paid the cupper his fee. [Imam Bukhari - 10/124, Imam Muslim - 1202].
Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was cupped on his head for a unilateral headache while he was in Ihraam. [Imam Bukhari - 5701].
Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was cupped while he was fasting. [Imam Bukhari - 5694].
Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was cupped on his head. [Imam Bukhari - 5699].
Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to cup his head and would call it (the place at the top of the head) "Umm Mugheeth." [Saheehah - 753, Saheeh al-Jaami’ - 4804].
"I did not pass by any group on the night when I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), but they said to me, ‘O Muhammad, tell your ummah to do cupping." [Ibn Maajah - it has corroborating evidence which strengthens it].
It is also related from a number of Companions that, in Ramadan, they would only sit for cupping at night and avoided doing so during the day. This is related from Ibn `Umar, Ibn `Abbâs, Anas b. Mâlik, and others.


Hijama is a remedy
"Hijama is among your best remedies" [Imam Bukhari - 5263, Imam Muslim - 2952]
"Healing is to be found in three things: drinking honey, the knife of the cupper, and cauterization of fire." [Imam Bukhari -10/136]
"If there is any good in your medical treatments, it is in the knife of the cupper, drinking honey, or cauterization with fire, as appropriate to the cause of the illness, but I would not like to be cauterized." [Imam Bukhari -10/139]
"Whoever is treated with cupping on the seventeenth, nineteenth or twenty first, will be healed from all diseases." [Abu Dawood]
Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "Indeed the best of remedies you have is cupping…" [Imam Bukhari -5371].
Abu Hurairah (may Allaah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, "If there was something excellent to be used as a remedy then it is cupping." [Sunan Abu Dawood- 3857, Saheeh Sunan ibn Maajah - 3476]











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