Is this girl trying to argue with me about fiqh?
You just got the part that I've highlighted out of your ass didn't you? You don't know anything about ahkaam, please don't embarrass yourself. When a consensus regarding an issue is established, it's not permissble to go against it either way. For instance, we know that using the siwaak is a Sunnah, I can't write my own fatwa and claim it's fardh (mandatory) upon the people.
Nonetheless, ALL scholars make mistakes. Indefinite taqliid (practically blind-following) is not allowed if there's a stronger evidence established against a particular stance.
Amr ibn Al-As reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “
If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning (
ijtihad)
and he is correct, then he will have two rewards. If a judge makes a ruling, striving to apply his reasoning and he is mistaken, then he will have one reward.”
Source: Sahih Bukhari 6919, Sahih Muslim 1716
There's also a concept in Islam called 'urf (customs) that may affect the rulings of certain aspects of fiqh. It takes a highly qualified religious scholar to deal with these issues. Don't be so naive and short-sighted.
Sure, FGM may encompass all forms of 'mutilation' but on this thread, we're clearly talking about the FGM that Somalis practice as opposed to female circumcision according to the Shafi'i madhab (which is not harmful at all, it's similar to removing the foreskin of a male). I made a distinction between the two for the purpose of explaining this issue. If A is not C but both C & A are B, do we lump A and C together when explaining the difference between the two?