Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If there is any good in your methods of treatment, then it is in cupping, or in drinking honey, or in cauterization with fire that is suitable for the illness; however, I do not like cauterization.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani, may Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: There are three things in which there is healing, if there is healing in anything (then it is in these three): in cupping, in drinking honey, or in cauterization which is appropriate for the treatment of pain, and I dislike cauterization.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), he says: There is healing in three things: drinking honey, cupping, and cauterization with fire, but I forbid my Ummah from cauterization.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we went to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to visit him due to his foot ailment. We sought permission from him to apply cauterization. In response, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. We asked again, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. When we asked for the third time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If you wish, then apply a hot stone. It was as if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was angry.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) cauterized me as a treatment, while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was present among us, and I was not prohibited from this.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that on the day of Uhud, Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) was struck by an arrow on the vein of his arm. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that his arm be cauterized.

. (Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, sent a healer to Sayyiduna Ubayy ibn Ka'b, may Allah be pleased with him, who cut his vein and cauterized it. In one narration, it is mentioned that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cauterized it with his own hand.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Mu’adh (may Allah be pleased with him) was struck by an arrow in the vein of his arm. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized him with the tip of the arrow using his blessed hand, and when swelling appeared on it, he cauterized him a second time.

It is narrated from a Companion that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) cauterized Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) or Sayyiduna As’ad bin Zurarah (may Allah be pleased with him) due to a throat illness and said: I do not want to leave any discomfort in my heart regarding Sa’d or As’ad bin Zurarah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cauterized him.