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However, the {{Quran|30|30}} requires Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah'''. | However, the {{Quran|30|30}} requires Muslims to ''<nowiki/>'adhere to the fitrah'''. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|30|30}}|So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. '''[Adhere to] the fitrah''' (فطرة or فطرت) of Allah upon which He has created (فطر) [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.}}The word ''<nowiki/>'fitrah'<nowiki/>'' appears only this once in the Qur'an, and is left undefined and unexplained. To know what ''<nowiki/>'fitrah''' means, traditional scholars turn to the hadith which make use of the word. | {{Quote|{{Quran|30|30}}|So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. '''[Adhere to] the fitrah''' (فطرة or فطرت) of Allah upon which He has created (فطر) [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah . That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.}}'''''The word ''<nowiki/>'fitrah'<nowiki/>'' appears only this once in the Qur'an, and is left undefined and unexplained. To know what ''<nowiki/>'fitrah''' means, traditional scholars turn to the hadith which make use of the word. | ||
The hadith which offers the clearest explanation is the one mentioned in the previous section. | The hadith which offers the clearest explanation is the one mentioned in the previous section. | ||
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===Hanafi Madhab=== | ===Hanafi Madhab=== | ||
This school is named after the scholar Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit (d. 767) and is school with the largest number of followers among Sunni muslims. Abū Ḥanīfa maintained that FGM is not obligatory but | This school is named after the scholar Abū Ḥanīfa an-Nu‘man ibn Thābit (d. 767) and is school with the largest number of followers among Sunni muslims. Abū Ḥanīfa maintained that FGM is not obligatory but optional or recommended. | ||
{{Quote|[https://unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/De-linking%20FGM%20from%20Islam%20final%20report.pdf 'Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam'] by Ibrahim Lethome Asmani & Maryam Sheikh Abdi (2008)|The Hanafi view is that it is a sunnah (optional act) for both females and males}} | {{Quote|[https://unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/De-linking%20FGM%20from%20Islam%20final%20report.pdf 'Delinking Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting from Islam'] by Ibrahim Lethome Asmani & Maryam Sheikh Abdi (2008)|The Hanafi view is that it is a sunnah (optional act) for both females and males}} | ||