Women's circumcision in Europe

Q;what about womans circumsision since my family live in european country. Can it be demanded from woman here?
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A; All-Praise is due to Allah,
Circumcision is not obligatory upon women, Ibn Qudamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in his book al-Mughni: "Circumcision is obligatory for men, and it is an honour for women, but it is not obligatory for them. This is the opinion of many scholars. (Imam) Ahmad said: For men it is more strictly required, but for women it is less strictly required." (al-Mughni 1/70).

So I do not think it is a necessity to put compulsion upon people a certain ruling (that is not obligatory) that might seem strange to them (out of the ordinary customs they are use to).
Undoubtably if a women is comfortable with getting circumcised then by all means she is following the Sunnah.

We do not know of any hadeeth in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) ordered that his wives or daughters be circumcised, but it is narrated that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) advised a woman who did circumcision in Madeenah as to the proper way of circumcision. It was narrated by Abu Dawood (5271), al-Tabaraani in al-Awsat, and al-Bayhaqi in al-Shu’ab from Umm ‘Atiyyah al-Ansaariyyah that a woman used to do circumcision in Madeenah, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to her: “Do not go to the extreme in cutting; that is better for the woman and more liked by the husband.” This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.

It is also indicated by the general meaning of the evidence that has been narrated concerning circumcision, such as the hadeeth in al-Bukhaari (5891) and Muslim (527) from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him): I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “The fitrah is five things – or five things are part of the fitrah – circumcision, shaving the pubes, trimming the moustache, cutting the nails and plucking the armpit hairs.”

In Saheeh Muslim (349) it is narrated from ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When a man sits between the four parts (arms and legs of his wife) and the two circumcised parts meet, then ghusl is obligatory.”

Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: What is meant by this metaphor is the circumcised parts of the man and the woman. End of quote.

(Also see Islam Q&A Fatwa: 82859)

Sincere advise about telling people to adhere to something that might sound strange and against there views in Europe, this must be done with caution and wisdom for verily this can cause an issue amongst people and is a very sensitive topic. Remember that the ruling to this is Sunnah (recommendable) not obligatory and whom ever decides to go forward in circumcising (as a women) then we ask Allah to reward their effort in their scales of good deeds on the day of judgement for following the Sunnah..

And Allah knows best...