Wa `alaykum as-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

 

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

 

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

 

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “There are five integrals of natural religion…moreover, he counted circumcision as one of them.” (Muslim)

 

It is a prophetic legacy of Abraham that the Prophet Muhammad inherited; Allah orders him to follow the way of Ibrahim: “Then we commanded you to follow the way of Ibrahim.” Based on this, scholars of Islam reckon it as a symbol of Islam.

 

Therefore, if you are a conscientious Muslim, you should not raise this question. Allah tells us to pray: “O Allah, make us love faith and beautify our hearts with it, and grant that we abhor (and detest acts of) disbelief, sins and disobedience.”

 

Allah also tells unequivocally in the Qur’an: “Now whenever Allah and His Messenger  have decided a matter,  it is not for a believing man or a believing woman to claim freedom of choice insofar as they are concerned:  for he who [thus] rebels against God and His Apostle has already, most obviously, gone astray.” (Al-Ahzab 33:36)

 

Allah Almighty knows best.