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{{Short description|Islamic views and laws on sexuality}} | {{Short description|Islamic views and laws on sexuality}} | ||
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==== Legal status ==== | ==== Legal status ==== | ||
A ''hadith'' from [[Sahih Bukhari|collection of Bukhari]] (compiled in the 9th century), is often used as example for the legal status of transgender people in general. It includes a report regarding ''mukhannathun'', who were granted access to secluded women's quarters and engaged in other non-normative gendered behavior:<ref>Rowson, Everett K. (October 1991). "The Effeminates of Early Medina" (PDF). Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 111 (4): 671–693. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.693.1504. doi:10.2307/603399. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 603399. LCCN 12032032. OCLC 47785421. S2CID 163738149. Archived from the original</ref> In ''hadiths'' attributed to Muhammad's wives, the ''mukhannath'' in question expressed his appreciation of a woman's body and described it for the benefit of another man. According to one ''hadith'', this incident was prompted by a ''mukhannath'' servant of Muhammad's wife Umm Salama commenting upon the body of a woman and following that, whereupon Muhammad cursed the ''mukhannathun'' and their female equivalents, ''mutarajjilat'' and ordered his followers to remove them from their homes.<ref>"Sunan Abi Dawud » Book of General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) » (61) Chapter: The ruling regarding hermaphrodites". Sunnah.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018</ref> | A ''hadith'' from [[Sahih Bukhari|collection of Bukhari]] (compiled in the 9th century), is often used as example for the legal status of transgender people in general. It includes a report regarding ''mukhannathun'', who were granted access to secluded women's quarters and engaged in other non-normative gendered behavior:<ref>Rowson, Everett K. (October 1991). "The Effeminates of Early Medina" (PDF). Journal of the American Oriental Society. American Oriental Society. 111 (4): 671–693. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.693.1504. doi:10.2307/603399. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 603399. LCCN 12032032. OCLC 47785421. S2CID 163738149. Archived from the original</ref> In ''hadiths'' attributed to Muhammad's wives, the ''mukhannath'' in question expressed his appreciation of a woman's body and described it for the benefit of another man. According to one ''hadith'', this incident was prompted by a ''mukhannath'' servant of Muhammad's wife Umm Salama commenting upon the body of a woman and following that, whereupon Muhammad cursed the ''mukhannathun'' and their female equivalents, ''mutarajjilat'' and ordered his followers to remove them from their homes.<ref>"Sunan Abi Dawud » Book of General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) » (61) Chapter: The ruling regarding hermaphrodites". Sunnah.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018</ref> | ||
These ''hadiths'' have been used by some to oppose the legitimacy of transgender people in general and sometimes, to sanction surgery.<ref name="Ar"/> However, this prohibition is not universal. Since Muhammad did not forbid the ''mukhannatun'' to enter woman's space at first, but only after this specific ''mukhannath'' abused his trust, these ''hadiths'' can be seen as validation of third-gender identities.<ref>Zaharin AAM, Pallotta-Chiarolli M. Countering Islamic conservatism on being transgender: Clarifying Tantawi's and Khomeini's fatwas from the progressive Muslim standpoint. Int J Transgend Health. 2020 Jun 16;21(3):235-241. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1778238. PMID: 34993508; PMCID: PMC8726683.</ref> | These ''hadiths'' have been used by some to oppose the legitimacy of transgender people in general and sometimes, to sanction surgery.<ref name="Ar"/> However, this prohibition is not universal. Since Muhammad did not forbid the ''mukhannatun'' to enter woman's space at first, but only after this specific ''mukhannath'' abused his trust, these ''hadiths'' can be seen as validation of third-gender identities.<ref>Zaharin AAM, Pallotta-Chiarolli M. Countering Islamic conservatism on being transgender: Clarifying Tantawi's and Khomeini's fatwas from the progressive Muslim standpoint. Int J Transgend Health. 2020 Jun 16;21(3):235-241. doi: 10.1080/26895269.2020.1778238. PMID: 34993508; PMCID: PMC8726683.</ref> | ||
[[Shia Islam|Shii scholar]] [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], as affirmed by [[Ayatollah Khameini]], as well as various Sunni scholars, ruled out that "Sex-reassignment surgery is not prohibited in ''[[Sharia|shari'a law]]'' if reliable medical doctors recommend it."<ref>M. Alipour (2017) Islamic shari'a law, neotraditionalist Muslim scholars and transgender sex-reassignment surgery: A case study of Ayatollah Khomeini's and Sheikh al-Tantawi's fatwas, International Journal of Transgenderism, 18:1, 91-103, DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2016.1250239</ref> Similarly, scholars from [[Pakistan]] agreed that transsexual people, who took sexual reassignment surgery, would be allowed to marry and be buried according to Islamic funeral law.<ref>https://www.diken.com.tr/din-alimleri-fetva-verdi-transeksuellerin-evlenmesinde-islami-bir-engel-yok/</ref> | [[Shia Islam|Shii scholar]] [[Ayatollah Khomeini]], as affirmed by [[Ayatollah Khameini]], as well as various Sunni scholars, ruled out that "Sex-reassignment surgery is not prohibited in ''[[Sharia|shari'a law]]'' if reliable medical doctors recommend it."<ref>M. Alipour (2017) Islamic shari'a law, neotraditionalist Muslim scholars and transgender sex-reassignment surgery: A case study of Ayatollah Khomeini's and Sheikh al-Tantawi's fatwas, International Journal of Transgenderism, 18:1, 91-103, DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2016.1250239</ref> Similarly, scholars from [[Pakistan]] agreed that transsexual people, who took sexual reassignment surgery, would be allowed to marry and be buried according to Islamic funeral law.<ref>https://www.diken.com.tr/din-alimleri-fetva-verdi-transeksuellerin-evlenmesinde-islami-bir-engel-yok/</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Islamic criminal jurisprudence]] | [[Category:Islamic criminal jurisprudence]] | ||
[[Category:Islamic family law]] | [[Category:Islamic family law]] | ||
[[Category:Islamic jurisprudence]] | [[Category:Islamic jurisprudence]] | ||
[[Category:Modesty in Islam]] | [[Category:Modesty in Islam]] | ||
[[Category:Sexuality in Islam| ]] | [[Category:Sexuality in Islam|Sexuality in Islam]] | ||
[[Category:Intersex in religion and mythology]] | [[Category:Intersex in religion and mythology]] | ||
[[Category:Transgender topics and religion]] | [[Category:Transgender topics and religion]] | ||
[[Category:LGBT and Islam]] | [[Category:LGBT and Islam]] | ||