Humaid says: It was asked from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) about the earnings from cupping. He said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done, and Sayyiduna Abu Taybah (may Allah be pleased with him) performed cupping for him, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be given one sa’ of barley, and he asked his masters to reduce the amount of earnings they had fixed for him. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best treatment you use is cupping and the use of Qust al-Bahri.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done on the veins on both sides of the neck and between the ankles.

It is also narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The dates of the seventeenth, nineteenth, and twenty-first of the month are extremely suitable and best for cupping, and he said: On the night of Mi'raj, when I was taken up, every group of angels that I passed by said the same thing: O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Adhere to cupping.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the things you use for treatment, the best means of cure is what you do by cupping and using Indian aloeswood, and do not cause pain to your children by putting your finger in their throats.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done on the veins on both sides of the neck and on the area between the shoulders, that is, the upper part of the back.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to have cupping done at three places: between the shoulders and on the two prominent veins on the sides of the neck.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the treatments you use, the best method of treatment is cupping.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I was present with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he called for the cupper. The cupper came with his cupping instrument and attached it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and began to make incisions on his blessed body with a blade. Meanwhile, a Bedouin from the branch of Banu Farazah of Banu Jadhimah came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When he saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) having cupping done, he said: O Messenger of Allah! Why have you allowed him to cut your skin? In fact, he did not know what cupping was, nor had he ever seen it being done. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is cupping. He asked: What is cupping? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Among the treatments people use, cupping is one of the best treatments.

Syedna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) visited Muqni’ to look after him and said to him: I will not leave until you get cupping done, because the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said that there is healing in cupping.

Sayyida Salma (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the servant of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates that whoever complained of a headache in the presence of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he (peace and blessings be upon him) told them to apply cupping. And whoever complained of pain in the feet, he (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed them to apply a henna paste.