Collecting the two hadiths: The one who is bled and the one who performs cupping breaking their fast, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performing cupping while fasting

Question:
This questioner asks and says: How do we reconcile the statement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), “The one who is bled and the one who performs cupping have broken their fast,” with the hadith that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed cupping while fasting?

Answer:
The phrase in the hadith that he performed cupping while fasting is not authentic. He did not perform cupping while fasting; rather, he performed cupping while in the state of ihram. This is the correct wording of the hadith. The phrase “while fasting” is not preserved in the hadith, as Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), Imam Muslim, and Imam Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah pointed out that this phrase, “he performed cupping while fasting,” is not preserved in the hadith. It is disliked for him to perform cupping, but not for the one who is fasting.