Why is circumcision performed according to islam?

Question

it is forcefully done even we dont agree why is it so important?

Answer 1

you maybe can sue the parents if they did without permission ?

you can sue for everything in US

Answer 2

Circumcision, both for male as well as female is meant to keep the area of particular part of genital clean.

Answer 3

It is done mainly for cleanliness, personal hygiene and increased sensitivity during copulation. Even medical practitioners encourage circumcision, especially during an early age. Jews and Muslims (both males and females) are circumcised out of religious bidding and practice, whilst Christians get circumcised mainly for hygiene (correct me if I'm wrong). As for others I wonder as to what percentage of them are really circumcised!

Answer 4

Muhammad permitted it, saying to a woman practicing it on herself, "Cut deeply, but not severely, for this is more comfortable for both you and your husband".

Answer 5

"Circumcision of newborn boys (I.e., within the first month of life) brings numerous health benefits, including:

1 – Protection against local infection in the p***s, which may result from the presence of the f******n, causing tightening of the f******n, which may lead to retention of urine or infections of the glans (tip) of the p***s – which require circumcision in order to treat these problems. In chronic cases, the child may be exposed to numerous diseases in the future, the most serious of which is cancer of the p***s.

2 – Infections of the urethra. Many studies have proven that   uncircumcised boys are more exposed to infection of the urethra. In some studies the rate was 39 times more among uncircumcised boys. In other studies the rate was ten times more. Other studies showed that 95% of children who suffered from infections of the urethra were uncircumcised, whereas the rate among circumcised children did not exceed 5%.

In children, infection of the urethra is serious in some cases. In the study by Wisewell on 88 children who suffered infections of the urethra, in 36 % of them, the same bacteria was found in the blood also. Three of them contracted meningitis, and two suffered renal failure. Two others died as a result of the spread of the micro-organisms throughout the body.

3 – Protection against cancer of the p***s:  the studies agree that cancer of the p***s is almost non-existent among circumcised men, whereas the rate among uncircumcised men is not insignificant. In the US the rate of penile cancer among circumcised men is zero, whilst among uncircumcised men it is 2.2 in every 100,000 of the uncircumcised population. As most of the inhabitants of the US are circumcised, the cases of this cancer there are between 750 and 1000 per year. If the population were not circumcised, the number of cases would reach 3000. In countries where boys are not circumcised, such as China, Uganda and Puerto Rico, penile cancer represents between 12-22 % of all cancers found in men; this is a very high percentage.

4 – Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).  Researchers found that the STDs which are transmitted via sexual contact (usually because of fornication/adultery and homosexuality) spread more among those who are not circumcised, especially herpes, soft chancres, syphilis, candida, gonorrhea and genital warts.

There are numerous modern studies which confirm that circumcision reduces the possibility of contracting AIDS when compared to their uncircumcised counterparts. But that does not rule out the possibility of a circumcised man contracting AIDS as the result of sexual contact with a person who has AIDS. Circumcision is not a protection against it, and there is no real way of protecting oneself against the many sexually transmitted diseases apart from avoiding fornication/adultery, promiscuity, homosexuality and other repugnant practices. (From this we can see the wisdom of Islamic sharee'ah in forbidding fornication/adultery and homosexuality).

5 – Protection of wives against cervical cancer. Researchers have noted that the wives of circumcised men have less risk of getting cervical cancer than the wives of uncircumcised men.  

Male circumcision is among the rites of Islam and is part of the (in Arabic): fitrah, or the innate disposition and natural character and instinct of the human creation.

As-Shawkani said in his book Nayl al-Awtar (1/184):

"What the Prophet (s.A.w.) means by Fitrah is that if these characteristics are followed by a man, he would be described as a man of Fitrah, which Allah (s.w.t.) has gifted his servants with, and encouraged them to follow, so that they attain a high degree of respectability and dignity."

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, "Five are the acts quite akin to fitrah:Circumcision, clipping or shaving the pubes, cutting the nails, plucking  or shaving the hair under the armpits and clipping (or shaving) the moustache." (Reported in  Bukhari & Muslim)

Allah ordered Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to follow the religion of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). When Allah says:

"Then We inspired you: 'Follow the religion of Ibrahim, the upright in Faith'."

(Qur'an 16:123)

Answer 6

theres a rivalry concerning the sons of abraham.... lucky(blessed) Isaac got to be circumcised as an infant.. but because Ishmael his illegitimate brother was 13!!! at the time of his circumcision all the poor muslim boys around the world must go through this trauma at age 13!!!!  id NEVER put my 13 year old son through such a h**l he'd remember and is too old to forebear because of an ancient silly jealousy between jews and arabs and the promises and blessings of God.

      many "modern" (better informed by the medical establishment) muslims do have their sons circumcised as infants... the smart thing to do and ignore muhammeds request..... maybe its why men in islam hate women so much because they go through that trauma to their p***s in an almost adult age...... so they seek in anger to even circumcise women...because they are angry and jealous!

       thank goodness not all muslims follow their own laws... and save their sons this burden.

Answer 7

There are a number of 'useless' parts that the Almighty has fitted in our bodies which He expects us to remove. (Of course, all these 'removals' were not there when the first Man&Woman He had deespatched here, on Earth ... But, then, as we have advanced, He expects us to do what He wants us to do!) ... Tonsils are one of them; so is also the removal of the appendix ...

Circumcision is done on a man only (the women-folk in some African countries undergo this 'cleanliness' process because the Society demands it!) because it protects him for becoming victims of several s*x-diseases. Like AIDS, for ex.: Medical-researches have found that it is very difficult for circumcised-men to get infected with HIV-virus.

Basically, circumcision is followed, strictly adhered to by the Jews.

By the way, Prophet Jesus Christ (PBUH), born as a Jew, was also circumcised!

Answer 8

If you are asking about female circumcision:

It is done to insure that the male that marries the female is getting a virgin.

If you are asking about male circumcision:

It is done to insure that the male is cleaned properly because lots of men don't know how to pull back their .. ehem, skin.

Answer 9

It is tradition of Prophet Abraham. It is generally done on children, not on adult.

So, question of doing forcefully is meaningless.

Answer 10

Cause Islam is a little bit of Judaism stirred in with a little bit of Christianity and then labelled as a religion in itself, when it really isn't, it's basically just a copy of the two previous religions with some filthy quotes from mohammed strewn in too.

Best leave it well alone.

Answer 11

"And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their f******n in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him"

Ishmael is considered a forefather of today's muslims. BTW, they do it at age 13 because in the Bible, Ishmael was 13 when he was circumcised.