. . . . . . . . . . . . . "1226" . . . . "Qadi Baydawi" . . . . . "al-Baydawi" . . . . "Qadi Baydawi" . . "[al-Baydawi]] considered castration to be mutilation, stipulating laws to prevent it. However, in practice, emasculation was frequent. In eighteenth-century Mecca, the majority of eunuchs were in the service of the mosques. Moreover, the process of castration (which included penectomy) carried a high risk of death." . . "1319" . . "Baydawi" . "'Abd All\u0101h ibn 'Umar al-Baid\u0101wi" . . . . . .