The Condition of Circumcision Before a Disbeliever Converts to 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 and wanted to convert, but the one who invited him to Islam told him immediately that he must be circumcised before he converts. He was afraid and did not convert. 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:
He begins with Allah, little by little, gradually. I have everyone on the opinion of that.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We have a Hindu worker in our town who was invited to Islam and wanted to convert, but the one who invited him to Islam told him immediately that he must be circumcised before he converts. He was afraid and did not convert. 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:
He begins with Allah, little by little, gradually. I have everyone on the opinion of that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 11 — youtube.com (29:33)
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