Does cupping break the fast of one who is fasting?

The Shaykh : Yesterday, I may have heard the Saudi radio that broadcasts what they call the session of the scholars, yes.

The questioner : The fatwa of "Light on the Path"

The Shaykh : Yes, "Light on the Path." Yes, so I heard one of the distinguished scholars was asked about the issue of whether letting out blood breaks the fast or not. The point is, this question was asked, and he answered with the following detail. I say this for the benefit of the listener, as an example of the kind of thing we do not dwell on for long. The detail was: if the blood came out of his body against his will, it does not break the fast; but if it was by his own action, it breaks the fast. He gave as examples: cupping, bloodletting, and taking blood from one person to another. He cited a sound hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): We know that this is the school of the Imam of the Sunnah, Imam Ahmad. As for the school of the majority, they do not see it that way. What is the reason? The disagreement is long, but we say that in most cases we are with the Imam of the Sunnah, unless a hadith is established for us that compels us to go against the Imam of the Sunnah. And going against the Imam of the Sunnah is less evil and less dangerous in terms of religion than going against the Sunnah. Because if a person falls into two evils, what does he do? He chooses the lesser of the two evils. So there is no doubt that the lesser evil is to go against whom? The Imam of the school, the Imam of the Sunnah. The Sunnah says, from the hadith of Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him): If this is the case, it abrogates the hadith: Because when this hadith was clear and being acted upon, it was not permissible for a fasting person to undergo cupping, and a fortiori, it was not permissible for the cupper to perform cupping. But since the hadith is sound that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted a dispensation for cupping for the fasting person, if this is evidence that the hadith: is abrogated by this sound hadith.