Female Circumcision

January 25, 2022
Answered by Mufti Ismail Moosa
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Asalamu alaykum wrb
Is the following equivalent to female circumcision?:
Clitoral hood reduction, also termed clitoral hoodectomy,clitoral unhooding, clitoridotomy,or (partial) hoodectomy, is a plastic surgery procedure for reducing the size and the area of the clitoral hood (prepuce) in order to further expose the clitoral glans of the clitoris.

Jazakallah Khayrun

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WaʿAlaykumus Salām Wa Raḥmatullāhi Wa Barakātuh

By way of definition, clitoral hood reduction is not the equivalent of female circumcision. It has also been deemed as a form of cosmetic gynecological procedure and mutilation to the external genitalia; hence, it will not be permissible.

And Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Mufti Ismail Moosa