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The male organ (dhakar) in the rulings

الذكر (العضو) في الفقه

Dhakar is the known male organ, and the opposite of female. 1 The jurists differ on whether touching it with the palm breaks ablution: the Malikis, Shafi'is and one Hanbali view say it does; the Hanafis and another Hanbali view say it does not. 2 Retaliation is due for cutting a sound male organ according to the majority, and a full diya is due for it when retaliation does not apply; the schools differ over the organs of the impotent and the eunuch. 2 3 4

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Summary

Dhakar is the known male organ, and the opposite of female. 1 The Malikis, Shafi'is and one Hanbali view hold that touching it with the palm breaks ablution; the Hanafis and another Hanbali view hold that it does not. 2 Retaliation is due for cutting a sound male organ according to the majority, and a full diya is due when retaliation does not apply; the schools differ on the organs of the impotent and the eunuch. 2 3 4

Other rulings that depend on it

Rulings depending on the male organ include the obligation of ghusl when the glans disappears in the female organ, the settling of the dower by consummation, the status of chastity in a valid marriage, and the hadd for unlawful penetration. 4

People and things also explored

The sacrifice for a newborn (aqiqa): its ruling, age, animals and manner· Childhood (sighar: its stages, the rights and duties of the minor, guardianship, the minor in worship and contracts, marriage, testimony and penalties)· Shahwa (desire: its effect on touch and ablution, on fasting and pilgrimage, on looking, on marriage by touch and on the breaking of the marriage bond)· Shakk (doubt in law: its kinds, the rule that certainty is not removed by doubt, and its effect on worship, contracts, penalties and evidence)· Expiation (kaffara)· Para Pencari Tuhan· Taj Mahal· The ruling on one who abandons prayer

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8424
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8425
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8426
  4. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8427
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The sacrifice for a newborn (aqiqa): its ruling, age, animals and manner

In the lexicon, aqiqa is the hair a child is born with, and it names the animal sacrificed for a newborn; as a term it is what is slaughtered for a newborn in thanks to God. It differs from the festival sacrifice in its time and place: it is slaughtered when the child is born, at any time of the year, whereas the sacrifice is made on the days of sacrifice. The Shafi'is and Hanbalis hold it a confirmed sunna and the Malikis recommended; the Hanafis allow it as a voluntary act in thanks. The Shafi'is ask it from a father who can afford it, and the majority hold it for a girl as well as a boy. The Hanafis and Malikis fix the time at the seventh day, while the Shafi'is and Hanbalis count from the child's complete birth; the Shafi'is and Hanbalis require livestock, two sheep for a boy and one for a girl, while the Hanafis and Malikis give one for each. It is recommended to cook it without breaking its bones, eat from it, give it as gifts and charity, and to pronounce the reported formula at slaughter.