The Sunnah of Head-Bloodletting

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

Ma'ani Al-Akhbar: (Saduq) from his father from Sa'd Ibn Abdullah from Ahmad Ibn Abi Abdullah in Marfu' manner from Abi Abdullah Ja'far Ibn Mohammad(عليه السلام) from his father(عليه السلام) who said: "the Prophet(صلی الله وعليه وآله) performed bloodletting on three places of his body: on his head, between his shoulders and on his back, he named the first one 'Al-Nafi'a', the other one 'Al-Mughitha' and the third one 'Al-Munqidha'".

And in the same book with the same chain from Ahmad Ibn Abi Abdullah from Al-Hasan Ibn Ali from Ahmad Ibn Aahiz from Abi Salama and he is Abu Khadija and his name is Salim Ibn Mukrim from Abi Abdullah(عليه السلام) who said: "bloodletting on the head is one span above the nose and with the distance like between the two eyebrows and the Messenger of Allah(صلی الله وعليه وآله) used to call it Al-Munqidha." and in another narration he said: "the Messenger of Allah(صلی الله وعليه وآله) performed bloodletting on his head and called it Al-Mughitha or Al-Munqidha."

Explanation: the merits and benefits of bloodletting on the head have been narrated both in the narrations of the Shia and their opponents and some of the physicians say that bloodletting in the middle of the head is extremely beneficial and it has been narrated that the Prophet(صلی الله وعليه وآله) did it.

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 62 Pg. 113

Grading: Its chain is Sahih(authentic).

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section: 

1231: Ali Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawaih(father of Sheikh As-Saduq)
809: Sa'd Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abi Khalaf
121: Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Khalid Al-Barqi
501: Al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Ziyaad, Al-Wash'sha, Al-Khazzaz, he is also called Ibn Bint Ilyaas
95: Ahmad Ibn Aahiz Al-Hamsi

796: Salim Ibn Mukrim Al-Jammaal, Abu Khadija

Abu Sufiyan, Muawiya and Yazid(لعنة الله عليهم) vs Rasulallah, Amirul-Muminin and Imam Al-Husain(صلوات الله عليهم)

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Hadi An-Najafi:

Al-Kulayni has narrated from Ali from his father from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Ibn Sinan who said:
I heard Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) saying; "Three things are a matter of pride for the Believer and an adornment for him in this World and in the Hereafter – The Prayer during the last part of the night, and his dejection from what is in the hands of the people, and his Wilayah of the Imam from the Progeny of Mohammad(عليهم السلام). And the three who are of the most evil of the creatures through whom the best of creatures suffered, are Abu Sufyan who fought against the Rasool Allah(صلی الله وعليه وآله) during his era and used to antagonize him, and Muawiya fought against Ali(عليه السلام) and used to antagonize him, and Yazid Ibn Muawiya, may Allah Curse him, fought against Al-Husain Ibn Ali(عليه السلام), and used to antagonize him until he killed him."

The chain of the narration is Sahih(authentic).

Source: Mawsu'atu Ahadith Ahlulbayt(عليهم السلام), Vol. 4 Pg. 445

Allegiance at Ghadir

بسم الله الواحد القهار

يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَاللّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ

O Messenger! deliver what bas been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.[5:67]

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Qurb Al-Isnaad] As-Sindi Ibn Mohammad from Safwan Al-Jammaal who said:‘Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘When this Verse was Revealed with the Wilayah[5:67], Rasool-Allah(صلى الله عليه وآله) ordered for a Pulpit at Ghadir Khumm, then called for the congregational Prayer, then said: ‘O you people! whoever I am a Master of, so Ali is his Master. Don't have I more authority on you than you on your own selves?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He then said: 'whoever I am a Master of, so Ali is his Master. So Lord! Befriend the one who befriends him and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him’.

Then he ordered the people to pledge their allegiances to Ali, and the people did pledge their allegiances. And there did not come anyone except that he pledged his allegiance, and did not speak (argue), until there came Zufar(i.e. Abu Bakr) and Habtar(i.e. Umar). So he said: ‘O Zufar! Pledge allegiance to Ali(عليه السلام) with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and from His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and His Rasool’.

Then Habtar came up, so he said: ‘Pledge allegiance to Ali with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and from His Rasool’. Then he turned away and met up with Zufar and said to him, ‘How intensely he has raised his cousin with two arms’.

Grading: Sahih(authentic).

Check narrators in Rijaal Section:

12: Aban Ibn Mohammad, known as As-Sindi

925: Safwan Ibn Mehran Al-Jammaal

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37 Pg. 119 

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Tafsir Al-Ayyashi] from Safwan Al-Jammaal who said:‘Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘When this Verse was Revealed with the Wilayah[5:67], Rasool-Allah(صلى الله عليه وآله) ordered for a Pulpit at Ghadir Khumm – So he arose, then called for the congregational Prayer, then said: ‘O you people! Don't have I more authority on believers than them on their own selves?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said: ‘So whoever I was a Master of, so Ali is his Master. Lord! Befriend the one who befriends him and be Inimical to the one who is inimical to him’.

Then he ordered the people to pledge their allegiances to him, and the people did pledge their allegiances. And there did not come anyone except that he pledged his allegiance, and did not speak (argue), until there came Abu Bakr. So he said: ‘O Abu Bakr! Pledge allegiance to Ali(عليه السلام) with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and from His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and His Rasool’.

Then Umar came up, so he said: ‘Pledge allegiance to Ali with the Wilayah’. So he said, ‘(Is this order) from Allah and His Rasool?’ So he said: ‘(Yes, it is) from Allah and from His Rasool’. Then he turned away and met up with Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘How intensely he has raised his cousin with two arms’.

Then he went out fleeing from the army, and it was not long before he came to the Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله), so he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah! I went out from the army for a need, so I saw a man in a white robe which I have not seen better than it before, and the man had the best looking face from the people, and most fragrant aroma, so he said, ‘Rasool-Allah has contracted for Ali a contract, none shall absolve it except for an unbeliever’. So he said: O Umar! Do you know who that was?’ He said, ‘No’. He said: ‘That was Jibraeel(عليه السلام), so be cautioned lest you become the first one to absolve it, so you will be an unbeliever’.

Then Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام) said: ‘Twelve thousand men were present at Al-Ghadir, testifying to Ali Bin Abu Talib. So what is the justification for taking away his right, and if one of you has wealth with him, and there are two witnesses for it, he can take back his right. [5:56] then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant – regarding Ali’.

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37 Pg. 139