Al-Bahuti

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Al-Bahuti (fully Shaykh Mansur ibn Yunus al-Bahuti) was an Egyptian Islamic theologian. He espoused the Hanbali school of Islam. His legal writings are considered well-researched and concise, and are still used in Egypt. He was born in Bahut, Egypt and died in Cairo in July 1641. Not a lot is known of his life.

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"Male and female circumcision are obligatory."