The Condition of Circumcision for One Who Wants to Enter Islam
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have a Hindu worker in our town who was invited to Islam. He wanted to embrace Islam, but the one who invited him to Islam told him immediately that he must be circumcised before he becomes a Muslim. He was afraid and did not embrace Islam. What is your opinion on this matter?
The Shaykh:
It is a mistake to frighten him with fighting. Rather, leave him alone until he embraces Islam. Once he embraces Islam and Islam takes hold of his heart, and he reads the rulings of Islam, he himself will try to fight with his soul. As for driving him away with this characteristic, that is not permissible.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And to Allah you begin, little by little, gradually. We are all on the same saying.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have a Hindu worker in our town who was invited to Islam. He wanted to embrace Islam, but the one who invited him to Islam told him immediately that he must be circumcised before he becomes a Muslim. He was afraid and did not embrace Islam. What is your opinion on this matter?
The Shaykh:
It is a mistake to frighten him with fighting. Rather, leave him alone until he embraces Islam. Once he embraces Islam and Islam takes hold of his heart, and he reads the rulings of Islam, he himself will try to fight with his soul. As for driving him away with this characteristic, that is not permissible.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And to Allah you begin, little by little, gradually. We are all on the same saying.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/11 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (29:33)
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