Circumcision
Ok 👍🏻I have some follow up questions tho. Hope someone will reply I will post my 7 points here (with minor changes) here for the benefits of others
Is male circumcision a sunnah or a cultural ritual? 1. It’s against the spirit of verse 4:119 of Quran 2. Jesus pbuh forbids circumcision in Bible According to the Gospel of Thomas saying 53, Jesus says: “His disciples said to him, “is circumcision useful or not?” He said to them, “If it were useful, their father would produce children already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become profitable in every respect.”” SV [38] Parallels to Thomas 53 are found in Paul’s Romans 2:29, Philippians 3:3, 1 Corinthians 7:19, Galatians 6:15, Colossians 2:11–12. 3. There is no clear hadith where Muhammad sw has asked muslims to practice it as Deen. 4. As per the history of male circuscision in wikipedia, the practice of male circumcision is cultural and not so religious. 5. ‘the tawatur’ practice lacks the Niyyat – ie an intention with free consent to do something good to please God. That’s essential for any ritual to qualify as ‘sunnah’ or part of religion. ie infants circumstanced are too young to give their consent to this practice of modifying human natural form. It does not meet the criteria given in Mazzan for any practice to qualify as ‘Sunnah’ particularly the 5th and 7th principle. 6. health and hygiene benefits is a myth. If at all it might be an idea for those who have no access to water to clean after themselves for a long period of time likes months and years. On the other hand risks of infection and excessive bleeding due to genetic disorders in some people may cause medical emergencies and death. 7. Bible mentions circumcision as part of ‘conventions of Abraham’ but the prophet Abraham pbuh was also asked to sacrifice his son but that doesn’t make it an obligation for his followers and therefore this cannot be presented to support this practice as sunnah – particularly when Jesus pbuh already gave his verdict on this as given above.