The ruling on circumcision for one who has reached the age of sixty
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A person has not been circumcised and has reached the age of sixty years. What is obligatory for him? And what is the ruling on his marriage, or his being married, given that he now has children?
Answer:
If he fears for his life from circumcision, then he does not get circumcised. But if circumcision does not harm him and there is no danger to him from it, then it is obligatory for him to get circumcised. It is obligatory for him to get circumcised. And now, praise be to Allah, hospitals exist and surgeons are numerous, and there is no fear, if Allah wills. But if the doctor or doctors decide that there is danger to him from it, because for some people a wound poses a risk, if the doctor or doctors decide that there is danger to him from circumcision, then he does not get circumcised. But if they decide that it does not harm him, it is obligatory for him to get circumcised. As for marriage, he gets married, and praise be to Allah, he is a Muslim, he is a Muslim, and he gets married.
The presenter:
Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: A person has not been circumcised and has reached the age of sixty years. What is obligatory for him? And what is the ruling on his marriage, or his being married, given that he now has children?
Answer:
If he fears for his life from circumcision, then he does not get circumcised. But if circumcision does not harm him and there is no danger to him from it, then it is obligatory for him to get circumcised. It is obligatory for him to get circumcised. And now, praise be to Allah, hospitals exist and surgeons are numerous, and there is no fear, if Allah wills. But if the doctor or doctors decide that there is danger to him from it, because for some people a wound poses a risk, if the doctor or doctors decide that there is danger to him from circumcision, then he does not get circumcised. But if they decide that it does not harm him, it is obligatory for him to get circumcised. As for marriage, he gets married, and praise be to Allah, he is a Muslim, he is a Muslim, and he gets married.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (57:32)
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