Circumcision of Girls and Prohibiting Preachers from Speaking About It
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from outside this country says: The guardian of our country in our land has forbidden the preachers from explaining the permissibility of circumcising girls, and has forbidden speaking about it in any place.
The Shaykh:
The issue of circumcising girls: do not speak about it, do not speak about circumcising girls; it is not a matter of necessity. Yes, speak about the important matters, the important matters. As for circumcising girls, this is a secondary issue. Whoever does it follows the Sunnah, and whoever leaves it off has done nothing wrong. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Are the girls circumcised now among you here? Were we circumcised? They are not circumcised. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner from outside this country says: The guardian of our country in our land has forbidden the preachers from explaining the permissibility of circumcising girls, and has forbidden speaking about it in any place.
The Shaykh:
The issue of circumcising girls: do not speak about it, do not speak about circumcising girls; it is not a matter of necessity. Yes, speak about the important matters, the important matters. As for circumcising girls, this is a secondary issue. Whoever does it follows the Sunnah, and whoever leaves it off has done nothing wrong. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Are the girls circumcised now among you here? Were we circumcised? They are not circumcised. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 19-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (56:21)
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