MUHAMMAD’S TEACHINGS TO MANKIND
“ The Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said, "[Both] the one performing cupping (1), and the one on whom it is performed, have broken their fast (2)." Footnotes: (1) An ancient treatment in which evacuated glass cups are applied to intact or scarified skin in order to draw blood toward or through the surface. (2) There are three interpretations of this hadīth: a- Cupping breaks the fast of both parties involved in it. b- Cupping is highly undesirable as it nullifies the reward of people involved in it. c- Based on an authentic hadīth reported by al-Bukhārī, involvement in cupping puts a person at risk of breaking his/her fast for different reasons having to do with the specifics of the procedure. ”
