He does not seek ease through it, so it is like drinking medicine. The same rule applies to the amputation of a limb when necessary, and circumcision; all of these are permissible without fidyah. If he needs to cut hair while undergoing cupping, he may cut it, due to what was narrated by Abdullah ibn Buhaynah that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) underwent cupping at Lahy Jamal (3) on the road to Makkah while he was a Muhrim, in the middle of his head. It is unanimously agreed upon (4). Cutting the hair is a necessity for that. And because it is permissible to shave the hair to remove the affliction of lice, the same applies here. A fidyah is due upon him. This is the opinion of Malik, al-Shafi'i, Abu Hanifah, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir. The two companions of Abu Hanifah said: He should give charity in some amount. Our argument is the saying of the Almighty: "And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary], then [he must offer] a fidyah (expiatory ransom)" (5). The verse is general, and because it is shaving hair to remove harm from another, so the fidyah is obligatory for him, just as if he had shaved it to remove lice. However, if he cuts off a limb on which there is hair, or a piece of skin on which there is hair, there is no fidyah upon him, because it fell away as a subordinate to that for which there is no fidyah.
= in: 'Chapter: Dislike of cupping for the fasting person,' from the Chapters on Fasting, and in: 'Chapter: What has been narrated regarding cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Chapters on Hajj. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 3/305, 4/69. And al-Nasa'i, in: 'Chapter: Cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Book of Manasik. al-Mujtaba 5/152. And Ibn Majah, in: 'Chapter: What has been narrated regarding cupping for the fasting person,' from the Book of Fasting, and in: 'Chapter: Cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Book of Manasik. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/537, 2/1029. And al-Darimi, in: 'Chapter: Cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Book of Manasik. Sunan al-Darimi 2/37. And Imam Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 1/215, 221, 222, 236, 244, 248, 286, 292, 315, 333, 344, 346, 351, 372, 374. (3) Lahy Jamal: A place between Makkah and Madinah, which is the pass of al-Juhfah, seven miles from al-Suqya. Mu'jam al-Buldan 4/353. (4) Collected by al-Bukhari, in: 'Chapter: Cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Book of the Restricted/Prevented and the Penalty for Hunting, and in: 'Chapter: Cupping on the head,' from the Book of Medicine. Sahih al-Bukhari 3/19, 7/162. And Muslim, in: 'Chapter: The permissibility of cupping for the Muhrim,' from the Book of Hajj. Sahih Muslim 2/863. It was also collected by al-Nasa'i, in: 'Chapter: The Muhrim undergoes cupping in the middle of his head,' from the Book of Manasik. al-Mujtaba 5/153. And Ibn Majah, in: 'Chapter: Placement for cupping,' from the Book of Medicine. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1152. And Ahmad, in: al-Musnad 5/345. (5) Surah al-Baqarah: 196.
