المستدرك على الصحيحين
Al Mustadrak ala al‑Sahihayn
كتاب الطب
Book of Medicine
الحجامة على الريق أمثل .
Cupping on an empty stomach is better
Hadith Number: 7671
حدثناه ابو النضر الفقيه وابو الحسن العنزي، قالا: حدثنا عثمان بن سعيد الدارمي، حدثنا عبد الله بن صالح المصري، حدثنا عطاف بن خالد عن نافع: ان عبد الله بن عمر قال له يا نافع تبيغ بي الدم، فاتني بحجام [ولا تجعله صبيا] (3) ولا شيخا كبيرا، فإني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول:"الحجامة على الريق امثل، وفيها شفاء وبركة، وهي تزيد في العقل، وتزيد في الحفظ، وتزيد الحافظ حفظا، فمن كان محتجما على اسم الله، فليحتجم يوم الخميس، واجتنبوا الحجامة يوم الجمعة، ويوم السبت، ويوم الاحد، واحتجموا يوم الاثنين، ويوم الثلاثاء، فإنه اليوم الذي صرف الله عن ايوب فيه البلاء، واجتنبوا الحجامة يوم الاربعاء، فإنه اليوم الذي ابتلى الله ايوب فيه بالبلاء، وما يبدو جذام ولا برص إلا في يوم الاربعاء -او في ليلة الاربعاء-" (4).
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said to Nafi': "My blood pressure has risen (tabayyagha biya al-dam); bring me a cupper who is neither a child nor an old man, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Cupping on an empty stomach is best; in it there is healing and blessing. It increases the intellect and the power of memory, and it adds further to the memory of one who memorises. So whoever wishes to have cupping done, let him have it done on Thursday with the name of Allah. Avoid cupping on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and have cupping done on Monday and Tuesday, for that is the day on which Allah Almighty removed the affliction from Sayyiduna Ayyub (peace be upon him). And avoid cupping on Wednesday, for that is the day on which Allah afflicted Ayyub (peace be upon him) with trial. And leprosy or vitiligo appear only on Wednesday or on the night of Wednesday.'"
تخریج الحدیث: «ضعيف جدًا،، عبد الله بن صالح» [ترقيم الرساله 7671] [ترقيم الشركة 7579]
Takhrij and Tahqiq of Hadith No. 7671 of Al Mustadrak ala al‑Sahihayn
by Shaykh Adil Murshid, Dr. Ahmad Barhoum, Dr. Muhammad Kamil Qarah Balli and Dr. Sa'id al-Lahham
Hadith-science notes and terminology
by Shaykh Adil Murshid, Dr. Ahmad Barhoum, Dr. Muhammad Kamil Qarah Balli and Dr. Sa'id al-Lahham
Hadith-science notes and terminology
Important point: The text given in brackets has been taken from the other sources so that the meaning is complete.
(3) ما بين المعقوفين زدناه من مصادر التخريج وبه يتم المعنى.
Grading: Very weak.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abd Allah bin Salih (the scribe of al-Layth) and Attaf bin Khalid both have a very poor memory. Abu Hatim, defending them, said that this hadith is not their own but was inserted by someone into their books. According to Ibn Hibban, he had a neighbour who would write in a hand resembling his and throw the papers among his books, and he would take it to be his own and narrate it.
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Abd Allah bin Salih (the scribe of al-Layth) and Attaf bin Khalid both have a very poor memory. Abu Hatim, defending them, said that this hadith is not their own but was inserted by someone into their books. According to Ibn Hibban, he had a neighbour who would write in a hand resembling his and throw the papers among his books, and he would take it to be his own and narrate it.
(4) ضعيف جدًا، عبد الله بن صالح -وهو أبو صالح كاتب الليث- المصري وعطاف بن خالد سيِّئا الحفظ، وبرَّأهما أبو حاتم الرازي من عُهدة هذا الحديث، فقال كما في "العلل" لابنه (2346): هو مما أُدخل على أبي صالح. قلنا: ذكر ابن حبان أنه كان له جار يكتب بخط يشبه خط أبي صالح، ويرميه في داره بين كتبه، فيظن أنه خطه فيحدِّث به.
Reference / Source: It was recorded by al-Bazzar, al-Tabari, al-Isma'ili and al-Khatib al-Baghdadi through various routes from Abd Allah bin Salih; however, all their narrations except al-Bazzar's are abridged.
وأخرجه البزار في "مسنده" (5969)، والطبري في مسند ابن عباس من "تهذيب الآثار" 1/ 511، والإسماعيلي في "معجمه" (302)، والخطيب البغدادي في "تاريخ بغداد" 11/ 223 من طرق عن عبد الله بن صالح بهذا الإسناد. وروايتهم مختصرة إلَّا البزار.
