782 – Ibn ʿAbbās said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ underwent cupping and paid the one who cupped him his wage; had it been forbidden, he would not have given it to him.” Reported by al-Bukhārī (1).

Glossary of the ḥadīth
• “aʿṭā (he gave)” governs two direct objects: the first is “alladhī ḥajamahu” (the one who cupped him) and the second is “ajrahu” (his fee).
• al-ḥijāmah (cupping) is derived from ḥajm, meaning suction. The ḥajjām is the practitioner who performs the suction, and ḥijāmah is his craft. Some jurists restrict the term to drawing blood from the nape of the neck by suction after scarification, while others hold that it may be done on any part of the body.