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Question ID: 5792Country: India
Answer ID: 5792Posted on: Aug 30, 2020
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 367/367=M/1429)
The scholars of Fiqh have written that it is mustahab (desirable) to circumcise a child from seven to twelve year of his age. However, circumcision is allowed before this as well:
وفی الفتاوی الھندیۃ: ابتداء الوقت المستحب للختان من سبع سنين الی اثني عشر سنة هو المختار (5/357)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India