Hijamah, Cupping Therapy, Comes to BIS by Sakeena Ahmed

Hijamah cupping therapy, is a neglected sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him). This is a highly recommended practice that offers many health benefits. It is a natural, holistic, healing therapy that comes from the teachings of Prophetic medicine. It is important to revive our traditional health treatments in accordance with the Sunnah.

"Wet cupping is done by creating a vacuum in a cup that is placed on the body. This vacuum creates a negative pressure and pulls the muscles into the cup and therefore, draws the blood to the cupped area. This is known as “dry cupping”. Then you remove the cup in order to make small, shallow incisions in that same area, before putting the cup back on. This pulls out the toxic blood, acids and excess fluids from the body. This is known as wet, or blood cupping."

"Hijamah is the religious or spiritual aspect of this procedure. “Hijamah” is the Islamic version of cupping therapy. Muslims practice hijamah cupping therapy, in accordance to the way of the Prophet (peace be upon him). It means that the patient and hijamah practitioner should have done their ablutions (wudu) and should recite Quran during the hijamah procedure."

On Saturday, December 1, 2018, the Birmingham Muslim community was blessed with two hijamah practitioners from Dallas, TX. Br. Saiyad Ahmad and Sr. Fatima Akram both took time from their busy schedules to offer their hijamah services to about 40 brothers and sisters from our community at the Hoover Crescent Islamic Center. They had a full schedule of patients from morning to evening. Patients paid up to $90 to have the procedure completed, which lasted about 20 minutes per person. It was a spiritual experience for all who participated, many for the first time having it done. May Allah reward Br. Saiyad and Sr. Fatima for their time and patience with us. Insha'Allah we can invite them again to the community to offer their services.

To read more about "hijamah", please visit 10 Things You Should Know About Hijama Cupping Therapy.