Excuse me people - Voodoo magic did you say?

[Warsan_Star_Muslimah]

Asalaamu alikum,

I wanted to let you let know about hijaamah (cupping), which involves blood letting, this part of the Sunnah.

The word hijaamah (cupping) comes for the word hajm which means sucking, as in the phrase hajama al-sabiy thadya ummihi (the infant suckled his mother’s breast). Al-Hajjaam means the cupper, hijaamah is the profession of cupping, and the word mihjam is used to describe the vessel in which the blood is collected and the lancet used by the cupper. (See Lisaan al-‘Arab).

In fiqh terminology the word hijaamah is applied by some scholars to the extraction of blood from the nape of the neck by means of cupping after making an incision with the lancet. Al-Zarqaani stated that cupping is not limited to the nape of the neck, rather it may be done on any part of the body.

http://www.fatwa.org.za/documents/Medic ... %20Q&A.htm

^^^ You can read more about it there, insha-allah.

[Warsan_Star_Muslimah]

How cupping is done:

Then the cupper rarefies the air inside the vessel by burning a small piece of paper or cotton inside the vessel, so that the mouth of the vessel will cling to the skin. Sometimes a machine is used instead of the method described above. The vessel clings to the skin and is left for a period of three to ten minutes. Then it is lifted off and a very small incision is made in the skin using a clean sharp instrument such as a razor blade or the like. Then the cup is put back in the same manner as described above, until it is filled with the bad blood that comes out of the veins. Then it is taken off, and may be put back once more if needed. When it is finished and the cup is taken away, a dry dressing is placed over the site of the incision. (See Mabaahith fi’l-Jaraahah al-Sughra wa’l-Takhdeer by Prof. Dr. Nazmi al-Qabbaani).

Before ending we should point out that no one should undertake cupping except one who can do it well, because of the harm that may result if it is done by one who is incompetent. And Allaah knows best.

[sheekh-Farax-zero]

interesting

[SummerRain]

Somethings are better left for general surgeons abaay.

[zulaika]

yeah..this does sound like some vodoo ritual.

[Warsan_Star_Muslimah]

Sheekh,

here they are talking about Cauterizing,

Cauterization is an ancient medical practice that is still in use currently. It involves creating burns on the tissue to either close wounds or stop bleeding, or to remove part of the body. We’re most likely to think of medical doctors using this practice long ago to apply hot metal after amputation. This practice would close wounds and stop bleeding because the heat would make the blood clot. A related term, cautery , can mean placing a brand on a human, which was a practice that was also common, for punishment, as decoration in certain cultures, or to mark humans as property.

One of the people recognized in the treatment methods using cauterization is the great Andalusian physician, Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi, who lived in the 10th century. He developed special tools called cauters for use to stop bleeding of arteries. Interestingly, there is some prohibition in Islamic thought, though it is not universally applied, that burning the body in this manner may be sinful.

I think Somalis do this too

http://islamqa.com/en/ref/42582

Ismahan!

loool, this is education.

Do you know Muslims were the best at Medicine? For 600 hunderd years a book by a muslim man was used as the general rule on medicine in Europe. We rule Ismahan, don't forget that.

The Canon of Medicine:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canon_of_Medicine

Much love to Ibn Sina (aun) - A Master in Medicine!

Zuli, adigana?

[Jamac_Yare]

i wana do hijamah inshallah i do it this summer



but i was told once you do it your body gets used to it and you have to do it every 3-6 months


Ismahaan the process of hijamah is so easy you can buy the machine yourself

[Warsan_Star_Muslimah]

Jamac,

I would not advise anyone to do it themselves, unless they have learnt how to do it from a knowledgeable person.

Anyways good luck to you and ilahay caafimad haa ku siiyo.

[surrender]

PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR ANYWHERE ELSE! balaayaa kadhiwayday!

[Buhodle-Gurl]

Authobilah.

[SummerRain]

I want to learn sida daadka lo sixro.

Warsan,
Any info on this subject, you can share with us?

[surrender]

I want to learn sida daadka lo sixro.

Warsan,
Any info on this subject, you can share with us?

please tell me u joking!?

[SummerRain]

JOke ee ka haysa... adi aa ka bilawa

[1_londoner]

My ayeeyo said she used to cup her relatives back in somalia when she was young...

[surrender]

acuudu bilaahi minashaydhaani rajim!!