Journal Article

Female Circumcision

Hasanin, Ibtesam Mohamed Adam

2023

Overview

By providing its historical aspect, this study tries to illuminate the reality of Female Genital Mutilation (Female Circumcision/Khifad) and its sharia provision. There are several different kinds of female genital mutilation, according to the research, and one of them was described in the Sunnah and legal sources. The study displayed these types along with instructions on how to execute circumcision surgery on them, and also displayed the social, psychological, and medical implications of female genital mutilation. Additionally, it clarified the distinction between Sunni and Pharaonic circumcision. It also includes the provisions of the fatwas against female genital mutilation. In terms of law, we discover that jurists and medical experts have all agreed that Pharaonic circumcision is forbidden since it is viewed as a modification of Allah's creation. On the other hand, the jurisprudential views on the Sunnah's recommendation for female circumcision were split into three groups: those who believed it was necessary, those who believed it was from the Sunnah, and those who believed it was respectable. Each category has offered proof to back up its claims. We discover that several academics, medical professionals, and intellectuals outright forbade it on the grounds that doing so amputations organs. The research illustrates the rationality of the Sunnah's legitimacy of circumcision and the health advantages to the wife and husband from altering the instinct, without infringing on it. The study also demonstrates the sharia provision for the crime of circumcision performance by citing legal writings created in some countries where the culture of pharaonic circumcision flourished and where it was illegal. Instead, there are now sanctions for individuals who practice circumcision in those countries.

• Publisher: أكاديمية شمال أوربا للعلوم والبحث العلمي
• Subject: الشريعة الإسلامية / الفقه الإسلامي / ختان الإناث / قانون العقوبات