Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Fever is from the furnace of Hell; the amount of fever a believer experiences will be the same amount less for him from the fire, meaning that much reduction for him in the fire of Hell.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to instruct us to recite this supplication for fever and other bodily pains: BISMILLAHIL KABE , A’UDHU BILLAAHI MIN ARRI ‘IRQIN NA’AAR, WA MIN ARRI HARRIN NAAR (In the name of Allah, the Most Great, I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of the gushing vein and from the evil of the heat of the Fire).

Mawla-e-Rasool Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you has a fever, he should cool it with cold water, for it is a piece of the fire of Hell. He should go to a running stream and face the direction of the water’s flow and recite: BISMILLAH ALLAHUMMA I FI ABDIKA WA SADIQ RASULAK. (In the name of Allah, O Allah! Cure Your servant and confirm Your Messenger.) After the Fajr prayer and before sunrise, he should bathe in this way and immerse himself three times, and repeat this action for three days. If he is not cured, then do this for five days, and if not cured in five days, then do this for seven days, and if still not cured, then do this for nine days. By Allah’s command, the fever will not last beyond nine days.

Lady Umm Tariq (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave woman of Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) and sought permission to enter. Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) remained silent. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sought permission again, but he remained silent again. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then turned back and left. Umm Tariq says: Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to say that we did not grant you permission only because we wished that you would continue to bless us with the greetings of peace. I heard a voice at the door of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that someone was seeking permission, but I was not looking at him. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Who are you? She said: I am Umm Mildam. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is no welcome for you, there is no greeting for you. Why do you not go to the people of Quba’? She said: Alright. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then go to them.

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.