What is the correct ruling on circumcision?
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Question:
It is said that circumcision is obligatory?
Answer:
That is the opinion of a group of scholars; because it is narrated in some hadiths that when some disbelievers embraced Islam, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: But the more well-known opinion is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah); because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the people to all be circumcised, which indicates that it is a recommended practice (sunnah).
Q: Does not being circumcised constitute imitating the polytheists?
The Shaykh: No, there is no imitation; some polytheists are circumcised, and the Jews are circumcised.
It is said that circumcision is obligatory?
Answer:
That is the opinion of a group of scholars; because it is narrated in some hadiths that when some disbelievers embraced Islam, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him:
Cast off the garment of disbelief and be circumcised
ألق عنك إزار الكفر واختتنQ: Does not being circumcised constitute imitating the polytheists?
The Shaykh: No, there is no imitation; some polytheists are circumcised, and the Jews are circumcised.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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