It is narrated from Abu al-Hakam al-Bajali (Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Nu'm); he said: I came to Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) while he was having cupping done. He said to me: O Abu al-Hakam, you too should have cupping done. I said: I have never had cupping done. He said: Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me that Jibril (peace be upon him) told him: "Indeed, hijamah (cupping) is among the best means with which people treat themselves." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If there is healing in anything of your remedies, it is in the incision of the cupper, or a drink of honey, or cauterisation with something hot (that hits the mark); and I do not like it when someone has himself cauterised." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best things with which you treat yourselves are these: putting medicine into the nose (al-sa'ut), giving medicine into one side of the mouth (al-ladud), cupping (al-hijamah) and taking a laxative (al-mashi)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the night of the Ascension (Mi'raj), whichever company of angels I passed by, they said: 'O Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), hold fast to hijamah (cupping).'" This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) sought permission from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to have cupping done, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Abu Taybah to cup her. The narrator said: I think he also said that he (Abu Taybah) was her foster brother, or a boy who had not yet reached puberty. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has cupping done on the seventeenth of the month, it will be a cure for him from every disease." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best days for you to have cupping done are the seventeenth, the nineteenth and the twenty-first (of the month)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to have cupping done on the two veins at the sides of the neck (al-akhda'ayn), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to have cupping done on the seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty-first. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Cupping in the very middle of the head is (a means of relief) from insanity, leprosy, drowsiness and toothache." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to call it munqidhah (the rescuer). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): Nafi' said: Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to me: "O Nafi', find me a cupper who is neither a young boy nor an old man, for my blood has surged (tabayyagha). And I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Cupping (hijamah) increases the intellect and increases memory. So (have it done) with the name of Allah on Thursday. Do not have cupping done on Friday, Saturday or Sunday; rather, have it done on Monday and Tuesday. And leprosy and vitiligo descend only on the night of Wednesday.'" All the narrators of this hadith are trustworthy except Ghazal bin Muhammad, for he is unknown; I do not know him in terms of either reliability or criticism. However, this hadith is authentically reported from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) as his own statement (mawquf).