The ruling on the cupper who sucks blood with a machine while fasting

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the cupper who uses modern machines to suck blood via a suction machine rather than through his mouth, does he break his fast by doing this, or is it said that the ruling revolves around its cause?

The Shaykh:
This cupper, the one being cupped, the one being cupped breaks his fast, yes, because he extracted blood while fasting, so he breaks his fast by that, like a menstruating woman; if blood comes out of her, she breaks her fast because the blood that contains her strength and nourishment has come out, yes.

The questioner:
And the cupper, may Allah preserve you, breaks his fast.

The Shaykh:
The cupper does not break his fast, but they say that perhaps the meaning of the Messenger’s (peace and blessings be upon him) saying that the cupper breaks his fast is that it is a place where something of the blood of the one being cupped might fly up to his throat, because he sucks the horn that draws the blood, so perhaps something of that might fly up to his throat. Yes.