الأقلف

الأقلف

Aqlaf is a man who has not been circumcised; its opposite is the mukhtatan (circumcised). Removing the foreskin is called khitan in men and khafd in women. ¹ The jurists agree that removing the foreskin is one of the practices of the fitra; the Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold it obligatory, while the Hanafis and Malikis hold it a sunna. ¹ An uncircumcised man has particular rulings: some jurists reject his testimony if he left it uncut without excuse, the majority allow his slaughter, and whoever removes the foreskin without the owner's leave owes nothing. ¹ The Shafi'is and Hanbalis require washing under the foreskin, and they hold a man who does not wash it invalid as a prayer leader; the Hanafis allow him to lead with a dislike, and the Malikis allow it but dislike appointing him as regular imam. ²