Khitan pada Wanita dalam Tinjauan Hadis dan Medis

Abstract

This article purpose to resolve the controversy about female circumcision from the perspektive of hadith and health science. The problem is religius order about circumcision for women is clearly contained in the hadith of the Prophet SAW. This hadith is believed have a goodness for women. But this religious argument contradicts the world view of health. Circumcision is actually considered a practice detrimental to women's groups. Reinforcer the perspektive The Indonesian Ministry of Health issued a circular letter concerning the Prohibition of Medicalization of Female Circumcision with number: HK.00.07.1.3.1047a. on April 20, 2006. This study is literature research. To analyse the issue, this study uses the paradigm of fiqh al-hadis and modern health theory regarding female circumcision. The conclusion in this research is the Islamic recommendation regarding female circumcision and the disclaimer of the Indonesian Ministry of Health are not fundamentally contradictory. The hadiths advocating circumcision are not absolute. In Islamic fiqh, it is also regulated how the procedure for female circumcision. For example, the right time to do circumcision and the application process so that. This provision was formulated with the aim of safeguarding women's rights in accordance with religious goals. Although this provision actually still originates from the product of patriarchal fiqh and cannot be separated from the developing cultural construction. However, this provision is well established and must be universally understood. Meanwhile, the circular letter from the Ministry of Health is not absolute. This policy must be understood in a certain context because it departs from cases that occurred in the field. The important point is that circumcision for women must be carried out in accordance with the correct methods and procedures, by not spending the entire labium minora on the female genitalia.

Keywords

• circumcision; women; health; labium minora.