Circumcision of girls is permissible, it isn’t incumbent neither is it necessary

I heard in a lecture of Sheikh Makki Hijazi that circumcising girls is permissible in Islam. Nowadays people don’t circumcise girls. Is it permissible to do such?

الجواب حامدا و مصلیا

Although the circumcision of girls is permissible, it isn’t incumbent neither is it necessary. Hence there is no problem, as per Shari’ah, if a girl has not been circumcised.
And Allah knows best.

This Q&A was indexed from the official english fatwa portal of Jamia Binoria. It is an Islamic educational institute in Karachi, Pakistan.

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