Islam Question and Answer - Non-circumcised man leading prayers

Thu 11/8/1434 - 20/6/2013

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Non-circumcised man leading prayers

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If a man or woman becomes Muslim after the age of thirty or thereabouts, do they have to be circumcised? Is a man who is not circumcised permitted to lead the prayer?

Praise be to Allaah.

Circumcision is a part of sunan al-fitrah (actions befitting the natural state of man) for men and women, but if it is not done after a person is fully-grown, there is nothing to worry about. As for a non-circumcised man leading the prayers, this is valid.

Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 5/117