We mentioned that circumcision is obligatory and we explained that this is because it involves violating the inviolable, and the inviolable is not violated except by an obligation. So why do we not say that regarding the woman? You said
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The student : Shaykh, regarding the issue of circumcision, some scholars say: "The human being is not violated except by an obligation." Good, Shaykh, how do we address the woman's case like her ruling?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And the man is violated.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. And what do you say about this difficulty?
The student : What difficulty?
The Shaykh : What difficulty is there? Do you understand this?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : He says: We mentioned that circumcision is obligatory and we explained that this is because it involves violating the inviolable, and the inviolable is not violated except by an obligation. So why do you not say it is obligatory regarding the woman?
Because you say regarding the woman that it is a recommended practice, even though it involves violating the inviolable. So why do you not say it is obligatory?
Our answer to this is to say:
As for the one who says it is obligatory for the female, then this objection is not valid, because the door is one. And as for the one who says it is not obligatory for the female, he says: The derived cause may be opposed by a stronger cause, and that is that the difference between the woman and the man, the female and the male, in the issue of circumcision is apparent. Because if the man is not circumcised, urine accumulates between the foreskin and the glans, and harm results from that, the harm of ritual impurity. That is, if it is like this and urine accumulates, then merely by pressing on it, even his garment, if he presses on the head of the penis, the urine will come out. But as for the female, the matter is not so in her case.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : And the man is violated.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. And what do you say about this difficulty?
The student : What difficulty?
The Shaykh : What difficulty is there? Do you understand this?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : He says: We mentioned that circumcision is obligatory and we explained that this is because it involves violating the inviolable, and the inviolable is not violated except by an obligation. So why do you not say it is obligatory regarding the woman?
Because you say regarding the woman that it is a recommended practice, even though it involves violating the inviolable. So why do you not say it is obligatory?
Our answer to this is to say:
As for the one who says it is obligatory for the female, then this objection is not valid, because the door is one. And as for the one who says it is not obligatory for the female, he says: The derived cause may be opposed by a stronger cause, and that is that the difference between the woman and the man, the female and the male, in the issue of circumcision is apparent. Because if the man is not circumcised, urine accumulates between the foreskin and the glans, and harm results from that, the harm of ritual impurity. That is, if it is like this and urine accumulates, then merely by pressing on it, even his garment, if he presses on the head of the penis, the urine will come out. But as for the female, the matter is not so in her case.