Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Are the earnings of a person who does cupping, Halaal?

Published as Charging a fee for cupping

· 6 Jumada I 1444 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Are the earnings of a person who does cupping, Halaal?

Answer

The income of a person administering cupping is Halaal. It is recorded in a narration of Bukhari and Muslim that Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam did cupping and compensated the cupper. If the income of the cupper was Haraam or Makrooh, then Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam wouldn’t have paid him a fee in lieu of his services.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

(وأما الحجام فلما روي «أنه – عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ – احتجم وأعطى الحجام الأجرة» أخرج البخاري ومسلم عن طاووس عن ابن عباس – رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا – «أن النبي – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – احتجم وأعطى الحجام أجره» . زاد البخاري في لفظه: ولو كان حراما لم يعطه. وفي لفظ: ولو علم كراهيته لم يعطه. (البناية شرح الهداية ص276 ج10)

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Mufti Mohammed Desai
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