Cupping.
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The Shaykh : The fourth: Cupping. When blood appears, cupping invalidates the fast. The fast of whom? The fast of the cupper and the one being cupped. Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is the evidence. But my brother, do you know what cupping is? Do you know what cupping is? Who said yes? One, two, three. Good, that is enough. Say it.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Wrong, wrong. The reason is wrong and the depiction is wrong. Rest. Yes. The brother says: If a person is afflicted with a specific disease, his head is cut with a scalpel until blood flows. This is incorrect. Drawing out the corrupt blood from the body by any means, by any means, what is it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : By medication, yes.
The student: And cauterization.
The Shaykh : And cauterization is wrong. No, raising the hands has no benefit. Come on. Be patient, give us something. The definition is necessary...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In a specific manner. Okay, rest. Drawing out the corrupt blood from the body in a specific manner. In the beginning, they would cut the place from which they wanted to cup. They would bring a cup, a cup is a thing of the type of a cup, with a small tube connected to it. Then they would place it on the cut where the blood appeared, and then they would suck it through what? Through the tube. When the air was exhausted, they would block it with cotton. They placed the cotton in their mouth. From the day they sucked the air, they put the cotton in the tube so that air would not enter. It is known that in such a case, the blood is extracted quickly and abundantly. When the cup filled with blood, it would fall because no air remained in it to hold it. They used to use them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that cupping is among the three things in which there is healing. But the cupper must be a skilled doctor. Not everyone can come and cut your head and take your blood. No, a skilled doctor. The one being cupped, it is known, meaning it is clear, why does he break his fast? Because when this blood is drawn from him, he weakens and needs to eat and drink. So out of Allah’s mercy for him, if he is cupped, what do we say? If he is cupped, we say to him: Praise be to Allah, now eat and drink juice or whatever you want, so that you regain your strength. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person whose fast is obligatory to be cupped except out of dire necessity. And if he is compelled to cupping, we say: Break your fast, be cupped, and you have broken your fast. Eat and drink. So breaking the fast by cupping is a punishment or a mercy. Answer, everyone.
The student: Mercy.
The Shaykh : Mercy from the wisdom and mercy of Allah. As for the cupper, why does he break his fast? Some scholars said: "The cupper breaks his fast as an act of worship. As an act of worship, we do not know what the cause is." But the hadith came: We say: We hear and obey, but we do not know what the reason is? And there are many things in the Shari'ah whose reasons we do not know.
And some scholars said: "The reason is that the cupper sucks the cup, and perhaps some of the blood leaks into his stomach without him knowing it. So in order to close the door and block the door, we said the cupper and the one being cupped break their fast." And this latter view is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). Based on this reasoning, if someone cups a fasting person with a device without sucking the cup, he does not break his fast. Because as long as the cause is reasonable, the ruling revolves with the cause in its existence and absence. Good. If blood comes out without cupping, by phlebotomy or incision, phlebotomy or incision, and our brother explains to us the difference between phlebotomy and incision. Yes, okay.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : You don't know? But stand up and declare publicly that you don't know. Yes, you don't know. May Allah reward you. Rest. We will return you to courage. Good, who knows? Incision and phlebotomy. If blood comes out by incision and phlebotomy, and there is a way other than cupping that is used, which is phlebotomy or incision, and it is in specific places. Not every place is suitable for incision and phlebotomy, depending on the weather. Explain to us.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Cutting the vein horizontally, and incision is cutting it vertically. May Allah reward you. Until the blood comes out. This may suffice for cupping in some countries and be better than it. And cupping may be, as in hot countries, better from a medical perspective. Does phlebotomy and incision break the fast of the fasting person just as cupping does? Whoever says that cupping has no reasonable cause and that it is purely an act of worship, then the fasting person does not break his fast by it. Because as long as the cause is not reasonable, there is no analogy. Are you with me, man? Good. And whoever says that it is reasonable, and that it is the weakening of the fasting person and his need for food and drink, said that if phlebotomy and incision result in what comes out by cupping, then they break the fast. But does the one who incises and the one who performs phlebotomy break their fast or not? They do not break their fast, because they did nothing except incision and phlebotomy, and that does not affect them. This latter view is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). He says that incision and phlebotomy are like cupping if they affect the person as cupping does. Good.
If a person has a nosebleed. Do you know what a nosebleed is, boy... What is a nosebleed?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, rest. What is a nosebleed? Who knows a nosebleed, say it, yes?
The student: Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. May Allah reward you. Good. Meaning, whoever says about what he does not know "Allah knows best," he has known. Yes, what?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Extraction or exit?
The student: Exit.
The Shaykh : Good, well done. The exit of blood from the nose abundantly, because some of the vessels in the nostrils may burst and the blood comes out abundantly. So do we say that if a person has a nosebleed until a lot of blood comes out of it, does he break his fast or not? The answer is no, because this is without his choice. Good. If a person wanted to scratch his nose, for example, and by scratching it burst until a lot of blood came out, does it invalidate his fast? No, because it is without choice or will. These are four. The nosebleed follows cupping. Good.
The one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped break their fast
أفطر الحاجم والمحجومThe one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped break their fast
أفطر الحاجم والمحجومThe student: ... .
The Shaykh : Wrong, wrong. The reason is wrong and the depiction is wrong. Rest. Yes. The brother says: If a person is afflicted with a specific disease, his head is cut with a scalpel until blood flows. This is incorrect. Drawing out the corrupt blood from the body by any means, by any means, what is it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : By medication, yes.
The student: And cauterization.
The Shaykh : And cauterization is wrong. No, raising the hands has no benefit. Come on. Be patient, give us something. The definition is necessary...
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : In a specific manner. Okay, rest. Drawing out the corrupt blood from the body in a specific manner. In the beginning, they would cut the place from which they wanted to cup. They would bring a cup, a cup is a thing of the type of a cup, with a small tube connected to it. Then they would place it on the cut where the blood appeared, and then they would suck it through what? Through the tube. When the air was exhausted, they would block it with cotton. They placed the cotton in their mouth. From the day they sucked the air, they put the cotton in the tube so that air would not enter. It is known that in such a case, the blood is extracted quickly and abundantly. When the cup filled with blood, it would fall because no air remained in it to hold it. They used to use them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that cupping is among the three things in which there is healing. But the cupper must be a skilled doctor. Not everyone can come and cut your head and take your blood. No, a skilled doctor. The one being cupped, it is known, meaning it is clear, why does he break his fast? Because when this blood is drawn from him, he weakens and needs to eat and drink. So out of Allah’s mercy for him, if he is cupped, what do we say? If he is cupped, we say to him: Praise be to Allah, now eat and drink juice or whatever you want, so that you regain your strength. Therefore, it is not permissible for a person whose fast is obligatory to be cupped except out of dire necessity. And if he is compelled to cupping, we say: Break your fast, be cupped, and you have broken your fast. Eat and drink. So breaking the fast by cupping is a punishment or a mercy. Answer, everyone.
The student: Mercy.
The Shaykh : Mercy from the wisdom and mercy of Allah. As for the cupper, why does he break his fast? Some scholars said: "The cupper breaks his fast as an act of worship. As an act of worship, we do not know what the cause is." But the hadith came:
The one who performs cupping and the one who is cupped break their fast
أفطر الحاجم والمحجومAnd some scholars said: "The reason is that the cupper sucks the cup, and perhaps some of the blood leaks into his stomach without him knowing it. So in order to close the door and block the door, we said the cupper and the one being cupped break their fast." And this latter view is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). Based on this reasoning, if someone cups a fasting person with a device without sucking the cup, he does not break his fast. Because as long as the cause is reasonable, the ruling revolves with the cause in its existence and absence. Good. If blood comes out without cupping, by phlebotomy or incision, phlebotomy or incision, and our brother explains to us the difference between phlebotomy and incision. Yes, okay.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : You don't know? But stand up and declare publicly that you don't know. Yes, you don't know. May Allah reward you. Rest. We will return you to courage. Good, who knows? Incision and phlebotomy. If blood comes out by incision and phlebotomy, and there is a way other than cupping that is used, which is phlebotomy or incision, and it is in specific places. Not every place is suitable for incision and phlebotomy, depending on the weather. Explain to us.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Cutting the vein horizontally, and incision is cutting it vertically. May Allah reward you. Until the blood comes out. This may suffice for cupping in some countries and be better than it. And cupping may be, as in hot countries, better from a medical perspective. Does phlebotomy and incision break the fast of the fasting person just as cupping does? Whoever says that cupping has no reasonable cause and that it is purely an act of worship, then the fasting person does not break his fast by it. Because as long as the cause is not reasonable, there is no analogy. Are you with me, man? Good. And whoever says that it is reasonable, and that it is the weakening of the fasting person and his need for food and drink, said that if phlebotomy and incision result in what comes out by cupping, then they break the fast. But does the one who incises and the one who performs phlebotomy break their fast or not? They do not break their fast, because they did nothing except incision and phlebotomy, and that does not affect them. This latter view is the choice of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him). He says that incision and phlebotomy are like cupping if they affect the person as cupping does. Good.
If a person has a nosebleed. Do you know what a nosebleed is, boy... What is a nosebleed?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, rest. What is a nosebleed? Who knows a nosebleed, say it, yes?
The student: Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Allah knows best. May Allah reward you. Good. Meaning, whoever says about what he does not know "Allah knows best," he has known. Yes, what?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Extraction or exit?
The student: Exit.
The Shaykh : Good, well done. The exit of blood from the nose abundantly, because some of the vessels in the nostrils may burst and the blood comes out abundantly. So do we say that if a person has a nosebleed until a lot of blood comes out of it, does he break his fast or not? The answer is no, because this is without his choice. Good. If a person wanted to scratch his nose, for example, and by scratching it burst until a lot of blood came out, does it invalidate his fast? No, because it is without choice or will. These are four. The nosebleed follows cupping. Good.