Question 469: Can a person who is fasting perform 'hijama' (cupping) during the month of Ramadan?

167 13 Feb 2021
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✅Answer: Please study the following narrations:

1 عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الصَّائِمِ أَ يَحْتَجِمُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ أَ مَا يَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قُلْتُ مَا ذَا يَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ الْغَشَيَانَ أَوْ تَثُورُ بِهِ مِرَّةٌ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَوِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ يَخْشَ شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنْ شَاءَ

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 109

Halabi said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about a fasting person, can he perform 'hijamah'? He said: 'I fear for him, does he not fear for himself?' I said: 'What is there to fear for him?' He said: 'Fainting (and becoming weak) or that the bile is stimulated and overcomes him!'

I said: 'What do you say if he is strong and does not fear anything?'

He said: 'Yes, if he wishes (he can perform 'hijamah').'

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2 عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْحِجَامَةِ لِلصَّائِمِ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا لَمْ يَخَفْ ضَعْفاً

📚Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 109

Husayn ibn Abi al-'Ala' said:

I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about 'hijamah' for a fasting person, he said: 'Yes, if he does not fear weakness.'

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3 عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ الصَّائِمُ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ.

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 2, p. 109

Abu Abdillah Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'There is no problem for a fasting person to perform 'hijamah' during the month of Ramadan.'

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4 قَالَ ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ الصَّائِمُ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يُغْشَى عَلَيْهِ فَيُفْطِرَ.

📚Al-Faqih, Vol. 2, p. 110

Ibn Babawayh (Sheikh Saduq) said: The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) disliked that a fasting person performs 'hijamah' out of fear that he may faint and become weak, and as a result, break his fast!

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5 عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الصَّائِمِ يَحْتَجِمُ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَتَخَوَّفَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ الضَّعْفَ.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 4, p. 260

Said al-A'raj said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) whether a fasting person can perform 'hijamah'? He said: 'There is no problem unless he fears weakness for himself.'

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6 عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَحْتَجِمَ الصَّائِمُ إِلَّا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ- فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُغَرِّرَ بِنَفْسِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ لَا يَخَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَ إِنَّا إِذَا أَرَدْنَا الْحِجَامَةَ فِي رَمَضَانَ احْتَجَمْنَا لَيْلًا.

📚Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 4, p. 260

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:

It is not objectionable for a fasting person to perform 'hijamah' except in the month of Ramadan, for I dislike that he unknowingly exposes himself to destruction and ruin, unless he does not fear for himself. And when we wish to perform 'hijamah' in the month of Ramadan, we perform it at night.

✅The prohibition of performing 'hijamah' during the days of the month of Ramadan for a fasting person is clear in the above narrations, and for one who does not fear weakness and fainting, its permission has been explicitly stated. And of course, in hadith 6, it is clear that the 'hijamah' of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them) in the month of Ramadan is performed at night, and it is better for us, in emulation of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them), to also perform 'hijamah' at night if we wish to do so during the month of Ramadan, even though the one who does not fear weakness and fainting for himself has permission to perform it during the day in the month of Ramadan as well.

Hijama during Ramadan

Hijama for a fasting person

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