He replied: ‘This is an error on Qabīsah’s part.’ I asked Yahyā about Qabīsah ibn 'Uqbah, and he said: ‘He is a truthful man (1), and the hadith he narrates from Sufyān, from Sa'īd ibn Jubayr, is an error on his part.’”
Ahmad said: “In al-Ashja'ī’s book, it is narrated from Sa'īd ibn Jubayr with an interrupted chain: ‘The Prophet ﷺ underwent cupping while in a state of ritual consecration.’ It does not mention ‘fasting.’”
Muhannā said (2): “I also asked Ahmad about the hadith of Ibn 'Abbās stating that the Prophet ﷺ underwent cupping while fasting and in a state of ritual consecration. He replied: ‘It does not say “fasting”; it only says “in a state of ritual consecration.” Sufyān related it from 'Amr ibn Dīnār, from Tāwūs (3), from Ibn 'Abbās: “The Prophet ﷺ underwent cupping on his head while in a state of ritual consecration” (4).
‘And 'Abd al-Razzāq (5) related it from Ma'mar, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Sa'īd ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbās: “The Prophet ﷺ underwent cupping while in a state of ritual consecration.” And Rawh related it from Zakariyyā ibn Ishāq, from