Question 2059: Is it permissible to perform cupping (ḥijāmah) while in a state of major ritual impurity (janābah)?
Answer
✅ Answer: Please consider the following narrations:
1 عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ یَحْتَجِمَ الرَّجُلُ وَ هُوَ جُنُبٌ.
📚 Al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 51
Imam Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) said: There is no problem if a person undergoes cupping while in a state of janābah!
2 عَنِ النَّوْفَلِیِّ عَنِ السَّکُونِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِی حَدِیثٍ قَالَ: وَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ یَتَنَوَّرَ الْجُنُبُ وَ یَحْتَجِمَ وَ یَذْبَحَ.
📚 Al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 51
Imam Ṣādiq (peace be upon him) said in a narration: There is no problem for a person in janābah to use depilatory, undergo cupping, or perform slaughtering!
✅ The above narrations clearly indicate that cupping while in a state of janābah is not problematic.
✅ In the Golden Treatise (Risālah Dhahabiyyah) attributed to Imam Riḍā (peace be upon him), the etiquettes of cupping are mentioned:
... وَ يَجِبُ فِي كُلِّ مَا ذَكَرْنَا اجْتِنَابُ النِّسَاءِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ بِاثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ سَاعَةٍ...
📚 Risālah Dhahabiyyah, p. 55
Translation: Regarding all that we have mentioned (about cupping), avoiding women (i.e. avoiding intercourse) is required twelve hours before cupping!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر