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'Bounties in this world are safety and a healthy body, and the completion of bounties in the Hereafter is entrance into Heaven. And the bounties [of Allah] are not complete until the servant enters Heaven.'
Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq [as]
Ma'ani al-Akhbar, p. 408, no. 87
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Subject: coverting to Islam
Question: Asalaam Alaaykum
Answer:
It was reported in a narration from Imam Ja'far As-Saadiq (AS) that on the seventh day after the birth of a prophet his umbilical cord (Surr) and foreskin (Gulfah) would fall off. During the life of Prophet Ibrahim (AS) when his wife Hajir gave birth to his son Isma`eel (AS), his other wife Sara severely berated Hajir until she was in tears. When Prophet Ibrahim (AS) was informed of the incident, he also was moved to tears. When Sara gave birth to Prophet Ibrahim's (AS) second son, Ishaaq (AS), his umbilical cord dropped off on the seventh day but the foreskin remained. When Sara questioned the Prophet Ibrahim as to the reason this not happened to Ishaaq (AS) when it had happened to all previous sons of prophets. The Prophet when to his place of prayer and prayed. Allah Ta'ala revealed to him that his son Ishaaq was deprived of this because of his mother's berating of Haajir at the time of the birth of Isma`eel. The Prophet Ibrahim (AS) thereafter removed the foreskin of Ishaaq (AS) with a knife. (Taken from 'Ilal As-Sharaa`i' by Shaikh As-Sadooq, pg. 505)
Follow Up And what about women? Do they also need circumcision to take place.
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