And from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf. Aḥmad transmitted it (1 / 190).

And from Umm Salamah. Abū Yaʿlā transmitted it (315 / 2—photocopy, second Maktab edition).

2263 — “On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I did not pass by any assembly of angels without every one of them saying to me: ‘O Muḥammad, you should practice cupping.’”

Al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah (2 / 350), Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī in al-Tahdhīb (2 / 103–104)—who declared it authentic (!)—Aḥmad, and al-Ṭabarānī (3 / 139 / 1) transmitted it through the chain of ʿAbbād ibn Manṣūr, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās, attributed to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Al-Ḥākim said, “Authentic,” and al-Dhahabī rebutted him, saying, “I say: No.” He was correct here, but mistaken in the preceding instance concerning the wording: “The best day on which you undergo cupping.”

Al-Haythamī cited the hadith in al-Majmaʿ (5 / 91) and said: “Al-Bazzār transmitted it, and its chain includes ʿAṭṭāf ibn Khālid, who is trustworthy, although he has been criticized.” I say: Apparently, this is another route for the hadith from Ibn ʿAbbās, and it has corroborating reports. Al-Ṭabarānī transmitted it from Mālik ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah, and its narrators are those of the Ṣaḥīḥ. Among its corroborating reports is the following, with the wording: “On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, I did not pass by any assembly without their saying: ‘O Muḥammad, instruct your Ummah to practice cupping.’” Ibn Mājah (2 / 350) transmitted it, saying: Jubārah ibn al-Mughallis narrated to us; Kathīr ibn Sulaym narrated to us—