What is the wisdom behind the cupper and the one being cupped breaking their fast?
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The questioner : What evidence have you given us, O Shaykh, that the cupper breaks his fast?
The Shaykh : This is the evidence.
The questioner : What is the wisdom behind breaking the fast?
The Shaykh : We may know the wisdom, or we may not know it. As for the one being cupped, we know it. As for the cupper, we do not know it; Allah knows best. Some scholars say that the wisdom regarding the cupper is that if the cupper sucks this cup along with the tube, blood may reach his stomach without him realizing it. Based on this, they concluded that if cupping is performed by other means using instruments, the cupper does not break his fast, but the one being cupped does. This is the position adopted by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).
The Shaykh :
The one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped break their fast
أفطر الحاجم والمحجومThe questioner : What is the wisdom behind breaking the fast?
The Shaykh : We may know the wisdom, or we may not know it. As for the one being cupped, we know it. As for the cupper, we do not know it; Allah knows best. Some scholars say that the wisdom regarding the cupper is that if the cupper sucks this cup along with the tube, blood may reach his stomach without him realizing it. Based on this, they concluded that if cupping is performed by other means using instruments, the cupper does not break his fast, but the one being cupped does. This is the position adopted by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him).