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Was Jesus Circumcised?

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HI i thank this site first which has helped me a lots and i am a convert and strongly believe in islam but i have a question that why is circumsion done in islam and not in christianity or was jesus (PBUh) circumcized ,


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Was Jesus Circumcised?

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

 

The act of circumcision is a preferred Sunnah; not only of our beloved Prophet, Mohamed (saws), but it is the Sunnah of the father of the Prophets, Prophet Ibraheem (a.s.). Besides, circumcision is the norm not only in Islam, but also in the deen of the People of the Book (the Jews and the Christians).

 

The benefits are mostly in relation to hygiene; and modern medicine has indeed proved that having a circumcised organ is more hygienic than an uncircumcised organ. Today, most doctors in the developed countries highly recommend that a male baby be circumcised; not because of a religious doctrine, but because it is proven that circumcision is more hygienic.

 

Prophet Jesus (a.s.) did not come with a new religion, but came to enforce, perfect, and fulfill the deen of the Jews, and establish the laws of the Torah, which the Jewish priests had modified and altered to their liking.

 

Bible Matthew 5: 17-18:

Think not that I am come to

Destroy the law (Hebrew-Torah), or

The Prophets: I am come not to

Destroy, but to fulfill.

 

For verily, I say unto you, till

Heaven and earth pass, one jot or

One tittle shall in no wise pass

From the law (Torah), till all be

Fulfilled.

 

It is part of the Jewish tradition, and a command from their Holy Scriptures, that they circumcise; and because Prophet Jesus (a.s.) was born in a Jewish family; the probability is that he must have been circumcised.

 

If the Christians indeed followed the Sunnah or Way of the Prophet Jesus (a.s.), and the Sunnah of the father of the Israelite Prophets, Prophet Abraham (a.s.); they too should circumcise like the Jews and the Muslims.

 

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

 

Your Brother in Islam,

 

 

Burhan

 


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