Autochecked users, em-bypass-1, em-bypass-2
645
edits
Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Female Genital Mutilation: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Female Genital Mutilation (view source)
Revision as of 16:15, 15 March 2021
, 15 March 2021→Qur'an: - improved structure of a sentence.
| [checked revision] | [unchecked revision] |
m (put some important parts of quotations in bold) |
m (→Qur'an: - improved structure of a sentence.) |
||
| Line 51: | Line 51: | ||
There is no explicit reference to Female Genital Mutilation in the Qur'an. | There is no explicit reference to Female Genital Mutilation in the Qur'an. | ||
However, the following Quranic verse requires Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah'''. This is the word's only appearance in the Qur'an, and it is left unexplained | However, the following Quranic verse requires Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah'''. This is the word's only appearance in the Qur'an, and it is left unexplained. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|30|30}}|So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. '''[Adhere to] the fitrah''' (فطرة or فطرت) of Allah upon which He has created (فطر) [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.}}Several hadith use the word 'fitrah'. The hadith which gives the clearest explanation is the one mentioned above ('The fitrah is five things, including circumcision'), which uses the Arabic word | {{Quote|{{Quran|30|30}}|So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. '''[Adhere to] the fitrah''' (فطرة or فطرت) of Allah upon which He has created (فطر) [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.}}To know what ''fitrah'' means we must turn to the hadith. Several hadith use the word 'fitrah'. The hadith which gives the clearest explanation is the one mentioned above ('The fitrah is five things, including circumcision'), which uses the Arabic word khitan for 'circumcision'. That 'khitan originally referred to Female Genital Mutilation as well as (male) circumcision is shown by the usage of the word in the other hadith mentioned in the above sections. | ||
Thus, in requiring Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah''' the Qur'an indirectly advocates FGM. | Thus, in requiring Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah''' the Qur'an indirectly advocates FGM. | ||
''<nowiki/>'' | |||
==Scholars== | ==Scholars== | ||