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Is treatment with cupping (hijama) Sharia-compliant, and if so, can it be practiced by anyone, or only by those who possess religious or medical qualifications? And is it possible to obtain names and addresses of cupping practitioners?

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Cupping (Al-Hijamah) is legislated (in Islam), and the cupper is only required to have experience. He is not held liable if he carried out what he was instructed to do by one whose permission is considered valid, and he was skilled in cupping and did not exceed what he ought to do.

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