If the cupper uses separate instruments, he does not break his fast
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His Eminence the Shaykh: If the cupper cups without the tube, what is the ruling on his fast?
If the cupper cups without the tube, meaning: If the instruments are separate from his mouth, the school of thought is that he breaks his fast; because they hold that cupping that breaks the fast is based on worship, not on analogy and reasoning.
The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) chose that he does not break his fast, based on the fact that the operative cause is rational, and if the operative cause is absent, the ruling is absent. This is closer to me than the opinion that he breaks his fast. So, if there are instruments by which people cup without sucking the jar, he does not break his fast in that case. Just as if he draws blood by incision or lancing, or in order to cup a patient who needs blood, he breaks his fast according to the stronger position, even if it is not cupping.
If the cupper cups without the tube, meaning: If the instruments are separate from his mouth, the school of thought is that he breaks his fast; because they hold that cupping that breaks the fast is based on worship, not on analogy and reasoning.
The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) chose that he does not break his fast, based on the fact that the operative cause is rational, and if the operative cause is absent, the ruling is absent. This is closer to me than the opinion that he breaks his fast. So, if there are instruments by which people cup without sucking the jar, he does not break his fast in that case. Just as if he draws blood by incision or lancing, or in order to cup a patient who needs blood, he breaks his fast according to the stronger position, even if it is not cupping.