Jabir bin Abdullah came to visit our family, and there was a man suffering from an abscess or a wound.Jabir asked him, "What are you suffering from?"The man replied, "I have an abscess that is causing me great distress."Jabir said, "Boy, bring me a cupper."The man asked him, "What do you want with a cupper, Abu Abdullah?"Jabir answered, "I want him to apply a cupping glass to it."The man said, "By Allah, even a fly landing on me, or my garment touching it, hurts me and causes me distress."When Jabir saw how reluctant he was, he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'If there is any good in any of your remedies, it is in the incision of a cupper, a drink of honey, or cauterization with fire.'" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ added, "But I do not like to be cauterized."So a cupper was brought, and he made the incision, and the pain the man was feeling went away.
جاءنا جابر بن عبد الله في أهلنا ورجل يشتكي خراجا به أو جراحا فقال: ما تشتكي؟ قال: خراج بي قد شق علي فقال: يا غلام ائتني بحجام فقال له: ما تصنع بالحجام يا أبا عبد الله؟ قال: أريد أن أعلق فيه محجما قال: والله إن الذباب ليصيبني أو يصيبني الثوب فيؤذيني ويشق علي، فلما رأى تبرمه من ذلك قال إني سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: إن كان في شيء من أدويتكم خير، ففي شرطة محجم، أو شربة من عسل، أو لذعة بنار. قال رسول الله ﷺ وما أحب أن أكتوي. قال: فجاء بحجام، فشرطه فذهب عنه ما يجد.
Muslim narrated it in Salaam (2205:71) from Nasr bin Ali Jahdami, who said, my father narrated to us, who said, Abdul-Rahman bin Sulayman narrated to us, from Asim bin Umar bin Qatada, and he mentioned it.Bukhari narrated it in Tibb (5683) via Abdul-Rahman bin Ghasil with the same wording, but restricting himself to the part attributed directly to the Prophet.His saying, "a man who was complaining," refers to Muqannaa bin Sinan, as stated in another narration.