Circumcision is obligatory in Islam (
e4.3) by order of Mohamed (see
5271), Even Aisha was excised (see
108)
Hadith Al Bukhari 3356 (en en2) () Circumcision (6) The Prophet said: Abraham performed his circumcision with an axe when he was eighty years old.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Abraham did his circumcision with an adze* at the age of eighty."
Narrated Abu Az-Zinad:
(as above) With an adze*.
* a type of cured blade axe. - Hadith Al Bukhari 3356 (islam)
Chapter: Regarding circumcision
Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah:
A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband. Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by 'Ubaid Allah b. 'Amr from 'Abd al-Malik to the same effect through a different chain. Abu Dawud said: It is not a strong tradition. It has been transmitted in mursal form (missing the link of the Companions) Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Hasan is obscure, and this tradition is weak. - Hadith Abu Dawud 5271 (islam)
Chapter: What Has Been Related: When The Two Circumcised Organs Meet, Ghusl Is Required.
Aishah narrated:
"When the circumcised meets the circumcised, then indeed Ghusl is required. Myself and Allah's Messenger did that, so we performed Ghusl." - Hadith Tirmidhi 108 (islam)
Hadith Ibn Majah 608 (en en2) When the two circumcised parts meet, then bath is obligatory. The Messenger of Allah and I did that
"When the two circumcised parts meet, then bath is obligatory. The Messenger of Allah and I did that, and we bathed." - Hadith Ibn Majah 608 (islam)
Hadith Tirmidhi 109 (en en2) When the circumcised meets the circumcised then Ghusl is required.
the Prophet said: "When the circumcised meets the circumcised then Ghusl is required." - Hadith Tirmidhi 109 (islam)
Circumcision is obligatory (0: for both men and women. For men it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce (Ar. bazr) of the clitoris (n:
not the clitoris itself, as some mistakenly assert).
(A: Hanbalis hold that circumcision of women is not obligatory but sunna, whileHanafis consider it a mere courtesy to the husband.) - Fiqh Umdat e4.3 (islam)
