So why circumcision , why grow the beard, why the man dress?

Question

What is the significance for Muslim men?

Answer 1

For most people, circumcision is a cultural tradition, not a religious act. The religious reasons for circumcision for both Jews and Muslims originated in the Old Testament. "Such shall be the covenant between Me and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised. (Genesis 17:6,8,10)" However, today, most people don't do it for the reason that it was in the Old Testament, because there are plenty of things in the Old Testament that they do not follow, and in every day life, they may not be the most devoted people to their religion. They simply do it because it is a tradition that has been passed down from father to son.

There is no command in the Koran for circumcision, only a statement that it should be desireable for the purposes of personal cleanliness (not mandatory for religious practice). It is recommended for both men and women, but it makes no mention of doing it to boys or girls. Oftentimes, circumcision is performed only on males, but not females, and it is often done to the very young. Taking those facts into consideration, I would think it is a cultural tradition, not a religious tradition, as well.

Beards are seen as a symbol of male virility. After all, women don't have beards. Men are supposed to dress differently to show a greater differentiation among males and females (since clothes tend to cover up the things that would show a biological difference). It's for the same reason that cutting off a beard would be bad, since it would make a man look more like a woman.

Followers of these religions don't want to hide the sex of a person, making sex differentiation into something very important, because most of these religions are fertility religions, keep in mind. Homosexuality and androgyny are evil in fertility religions, because it can cause a decrease in the number of babies that are born. Go forth, be plentiful and multiply.

Answer 2

quite contrary to some of the above answers about circumcision, I do believe that circumcision in males occur so that there is no flap of foreskin in which urine does not remain behind. I have no idea, I'm a girl.
But via circumcision, that flap-trap isn't there so when a man does his ablution for prayers, he is clean.

And I thought the beard was sunnah, recommended because it following was the way of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. It could be cultural, being the way of life of the people of his time. I'm too tired to look it up, but I just had to add on about the circumcision thing.

Answer 3

Circumcision is as old as Abraham in the Old Testament who did it to Issac and Ismail. So both Jews who are descendants of Issac and the followers of Islam who are descendants of Ismail do circumcision with out any scientific reason. You may call it superstition with the sanction of religion. Man dress for the same reason as woman. But keeping beard may be to assert their manhood.

Answer 4

beard - dont know, but we follow the path of out Prophet, PBUH. the way he used to live, the dress is the same, u may have seen, when pilgrimage takes place, everyone has the same white dress, regardless of richness, poorness, long, short, old, young, evertyhting.. becuase we are all seen the same from Allah (god).
to keep clean is a big priority, the circumcision is the same.. long story, visit yahoo.com (search for it) my friend, may Allah show u the corect path.

Answer 5

Muslim men are misguided and will be damned for eternity if they don't turn to Christ. Or if they blow themselves up first.

Answer 6

I don't know cause I didn't study the Koran (sorry if I spelt wrong)

Answer 7

tradition

Answer 8

lets not hurt any religion