Lunar Schedule
Q: Someone told me that hijamah is best done on certain days. What are these days?
A: To find the specific lunar days for this month, you may check hijamadays.com
As a clinic we follow the opinion of Imam Ahmad that hijamah at any time is beneficial. However there are specific days which are mentioned in hadith (see below Ex. 17/19/21st of the lunar month). Eventhough Imam Ahmad classifies these narrations as weak, we do acknowledge some people desire to do hijama on these dates. We can do our best to accomodate these requests, but cannot guarantee it.
For your reference, and a better understanding of our fiqh position, we have given the excerpt directly from Ibn Al-Qayyum's book "Tibb An-Nabawi" (Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet-saw), where he provides commentary related to the ahadith pertaining to preferred dates:
As a clinic we follow the opinion of Imam Ahmad that hijamah at any time is beneficial. However there are specific days which are mentioned in hadith (see below Ex. 17/19/21st of the lunar month). Eventhough Imam Ahmad classifies these narrations as weak, we do acknowledge some people desire to do hijama on these dates. We can do our best to accomodate these requests, but cannot guarantee it.
For your reference, and a better understanding of our fiqh position, we have given the excerpt directly from Ibn Al-Qayyum's book "Tibb An-Nabawi" (Healing with the Medicine of the Prophet-saw), where he provides commentary related to the ahadith pertaining to preferred dates:
Quoted directly from the text: "These Ahadeeth confirm to the position taken by doctors that cupping is preferred in the latter half of the month and the third quarter, rather than the beginning or end of the month. However if cupping is necessary, it will be useful during any part of the month including the beginning and the end. It was reported that Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal used to practice cupping during any part of the month when the spoiled blood became agitated.
However all Ahadeeth that state the time and when the cupping is either preferred or disliked are weak, according to the scholars of Hadith."
However all Ahadeeth that state the time and when the cupping is either preferred or disliked are weak, according to the scholars of Hadith."
