240 I believe him, because the function of the limb is lost with its loss, and the ailment perpetuates the ailing in existence and non-existence. I had asked the freest of the free about the method of castration, and some of them informed me that one is brought to be castrated, and he is held firmly, or his limbs are restrained, and his testicles are exposed. A small probe of a specific type is inserted into the urethra to block it. The ghee is heated well on the fire until it is thoroughly heated, then the site of the cut is cauterized with it. After the site of the cut becomes a fresh wound, it turns into a festering wound, then it is treated by covering it with powder and bandages until it heals and he dies. Only a few pity him. If he survives, this is a torment for the rational being and a severing of the lineage, which is commanded to be abundant by law, so it is forbidden. I said, yes, many scholars have explicitly stated this issue, especially Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, may God have mercy on him. He explicitly stated the prohibition in his book, "Al-Hawi," and the prohibition of serving eunuchs, other than the master of the descendants of Adnan. But the prohibition is on the one who performs it. As for the castration of eunuchs, it is done by a group of Magians, and they bring them to the lands of Islam and sell them and trade them. Only a rare few are castrated by their hands. As for using them after castration, there is no harm in it, rather there is great reward in it, because if they were not used, they would have been castrated.