Title: Hajamah

Question: I visited Medina this week. I did know that hijamah is sunnah, I got that done alhamdulillah. I would like to ask few questions: (1) People were saying that the holy Prophet (SAW) used 4 cups, is that the sunnah? (2) I read in one book about hajamah that the cure (shifa) is in the blade of hajamah, is this right; because instead of that blade if we use the small needle it will leave less mark and heal easily. (3) People did that in a very unhygienic way, while for we doctors, when we do the procedures, we create a complete sterile field and then complete it, now if I would like to do the hajamah, shall I follow the way they did it as sunnah, or shall I use my knowledge and keep it completely sterile?

Answer ID: 44931Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 705/B-135/TB=1434) (1) We could not find any hadith related to using four cups. (2) In the lifetime of the holy Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) blade was not available. Hence how it could be sunnah to do hajamah with blade. The blood was taken up by any needle-like thing. (3) A doctor may understand it better. We cannot give any opinion about it. No sunnah method has been told in it.