Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5743

حَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ ، قَالَ : جَاءَنَا جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي أَهْلِنَا ، وَرَجُلٌ يَشْتَكِي خُرَاجًا بِهِ ، أَوْ جِرَاحًا ، فَقَالَ : مَا تَشْتَكِي ؟ قَالَ : خُرَاجٌ بِي قَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ : يَا غُلاَمُ ائْتِنِي بِحَجَّامٍ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : مَا تَصْنَعُ بِالْحَجَّامِ ؟ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ : أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعَلِّقَ فِيهِ مِحْجَمًا ، قَالَ : وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ الذُّبَابَ لَيُصِيبُنِي ، أَوْ يُصِيبُنِي الثَّوْبُ ، فَيُؤْذِينِي وَيَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى تَبَرُّمَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ : إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : إِنْ كَانَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَدْوِيَتِكُمْ خَيْرٌ ، فَفِي شَرْطَةِ مِحْجَمٍ ، أَوْ شَرْبَةٍ مِنْ عَسَلٍ ، أَوْ لَذْعَةٍ بِنَارٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكْتَوِيَ قَالَ فَجَاءَ بِحَجَّامٍ فَشَرَطَهُ ، فَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ.

It was narrated that ‘Asim bin ‘Umar bin Qatadah said: “Jabir bin ‘Abdullah came to us in our home along with another man who was suffering from an abscess or a wound. He said: “What ails you?’ He said: ‘An abscess that is causing me pain.’ He said: ‘O young boy, bring me a cupper.’ He said: to him: ‘What will you do with the cupper, O ‘Abdullah?’ He said: ‘I want him to treat him with cupping tools.’ He said: ‘By Allah, if flies land on me or if a piece of cloth touches me, it hurts me a great deal.’ When he saw that he was feeling anxious about that he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: “If there is any good in your remedies it is in the incision of the cupper, or a drink of honey, or cauterization with fire.”’ The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: “But I would not like to be cauterized.” He brought a cupper and he made an incision, and the pain he had went away.”