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    Question ID: 21388Country: India

    Title: What is tatheer (katna) in some arab & afrikan contries they perform this on girls, As per hadees is it correct?

    Question: What is tatheer (katna) in some arab & afrikan contries they perform this on girls, As per hadees is it correct?

    Answer ID: 21388

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 630/630/M=1431)

     

    According to the reliable opinion, the circumcision of girl is not sunnah, for it is not proved from authentic hadith.

    قال يحيى بن معين: إن حديث ختان المرأة روي من أوحه كثيرة و كلها ضعيفة معلولة مخدوشة لا يصح الاحتجاج بها اهـ . (عون المعبود شرح سنن ابى داؤد) .

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India