Okay, what's the deal with...

[MohammedMaksudul]

:salam2:

We should not wait until a mother gives birth to a salah-ad-din, rather we should strive ourselves to take the lead and by the Help of Allaah take the ummaah out of its misery. We have to change how our society works today, how we raise families, we have to go back to the Quran and Sunnaah. Our households should be home to Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthmaan and Ali ( May Allah be pleased with them all). Today we do not teach our children to lead, rather we teach them how to avoid and ignore the problems of the ummaah. We do not teach our children to address the issues that is affecting the ummaah. We do not teach our children to not fear anyone accept Allaah. As one of my teachers said, "We teach our children to be afraid of a mouse and mad men. When they don't sleep or eat, we scare them by saying " go to sleep or a big mouse will come and scare you, etc"". When our children are afraid of such little things, why wouldn't be they afraid of all the problems affecting the ummaah.

Even my upbringing taught me to always look for a safe way out of others (the ummaah's) problems and be happy as long as everything is okay with me. I am not accusing my parents, May Allaah have Mercy on them. But the environment and society teaches us that.

"Stand by the oppressed" - is a sentence that I never found in my school books or any elder teaching me. Instead, "Do not get involved in such matters, stay safe. Do not care, etc" is what have been taught.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

Here I go again.

Slow it down.

We are discussing a serious issue. We are walking on dangerous grounds. The Quran, the revealed word of Allah, tells us this is something Allah hates.
He told us what happened to those who do not worship him.

Whenever we can we have to share knowledge with everyone. If the individual decides they have no need to worship Allah there comes a point where we walk away.

The world is lacking leadership. Everyone wants to rule. Yet, there are few leaders who understand leadership. In this crazy world we are lacking warriors.

So, the deal with transgenders is simple. They want to worship the physical and nothing more. In this world where sexual encounters are encouraged these are persons who wish to have many kinds of sexual encounters. They want to be men with women, women with women, men with men. They seek only physical pleasure. And they will not bow down to Allah.



Yes, Brother,

What you bring up should be the subject of a long discussion. We need to understand that Muslims are multicultural. We are international. What binds us is Islam. Now lets go back to the abc's of Islam.

 

[nyerekareem]

:salam2:

Although, I do not condone homosexuality, I understand it a lot better than transgenderism. A person that sees himself as gay still understands that they are biologically male or female and they are content with it. But with people that considers themselves as transgendered, they fail see the constant reminders of their genders. Especially the women. Can't they recognize their breasts, menstrual cycle? Those things should always get them back in line and remember that they're women.

 

[ShahnazZ]

You can hate it all you want, but you have no right to tell them how to live.
All Muslims want, is to live our lives in submission and people always want to tell us how to live.

Why do you want to do the same? Why should WE tell others how to live but expect them to be all "oh Muslims are great I support you!"

Respect is a 2 way road. You cant disrespect people (especially to their face) and expect the same courtesy back.

I understand what's being said here, but that's not what the sister was saying. There's no mention of controlling others or how they live. It's just about what you feel as a Muslim, regarding our own thoughts and feelings inside our heads and hearts.

Someone stated "They're not harming anyone so leave it alone". She was addressing that way of thinking. As the Prophet said, if you see an evil, stop it with your hands, if not your hands, your words, and if not your words, then acknowledge the evil in your heart. That's all. At least, it'll still be a form of protest.

Living in the dunya, of course we need to coexist and that means we need to tolerate. And yet, as Muslims, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala comes first and the least we owe Him is acknowledging what He hates as what we hate in our hearts.

We're not supposed to go around fighting with others and making them miserable. That wasn't the intent of her statement. It was just a reaffirmation that as Muslims we should believe these things to be evil in our hearts. No one's talking about disrespecting anyone to their face.

 

[Tabassum07]

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^ JazakAllahu Khayr, sis Shahnazz, for clarifying my point. Yes, that was what I was saying, referring to that hadith. As muslims, if we don't at least hate what Allah hates in our hearts, we would start accepting it, and maybe down the line start supporting it.

We've been told to try preaching to people who are misled in the best possible and beautiful language - it's actually a muslim's duty to try and do dawah to as many people as one can. And I know that's really difficult. We can try and change bad things with our tongues or hands, and if still that doesn't work, we at least hate those things in our hearts and try to stay away.

 

[Aapa]

Assalaam walaikum,

That's right sisters.

And there is nothing wrong with us having the courage to come out and say I hate that which Allah hates.

The way to Paradise is a one way ticket. I want to be on that ride. I will follow the rules of this ride. Do you think I am going to waste all my time trying to persuade a fool to get on that boat?

I dream of running around in paradise. I want to see the beauty of Yusef. I want to drink from the essence of water. I want to see the mansions of the Ladies of Paradise. And you think I am going to let a transsomethingortheother chameleon stop me..please.


What we are forgetting is this: these people mock us day in and day out. These people are also those who support the killing of Muslim children day in and day out.

Sister Tabussum..I tried to be a little less abstract.

 

[Happy 2BA Muslim]

Umm, transsexuals?

Can anyone shed some light on this issue through an Islamic perspective?

Question: Dear scholars, As-Salaam `Alaykum. My purpose of writing to you is to seek clarification pertaining to the Islamic point of view with regards to the sex change operation for male transsexuals (not hermaphrodites). These group of people have complete male physical attributes but feel completely female inside. In short, a female trapped in a male's body. In Islam, is sex change allowed for this group of people? If it is allowed, I would appreciate very much if you could provide relevant excerpts from the Qur'an or Hadith. Jazakum Allah khayran.



Answer:

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.

Dear sister in Islam, we would like to thank you for showing keenness on learning the teachings of Islam, and we appreciate the great confidence you have in us. We hope our efforts meet your expectations, yet we apologize for the late reply.

Allah has created both sexes: males and females, and they are both highly respected in Islam, the religion that strictly abolishes gender discrimination. In Islam, man and woman are equals in the sight of Allah. Therefore, there is no justifiable reason for what called sex change operations.

With regard to your question, Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi, Imam of Calgary Mosque, Canada, and Former Professor at King Saud Univ., Saudi Arabia, answers:

Let me first establish some related fundamentals, so it will be easy to understand the Islamic ruling regarding to above-mentioned situation.

1. Two Genders

Almighty Allah created humans in two genders, male and female. This is has been stated in many verses:

"O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from a single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women." (An-Nisaa':1)

"O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female." (Al-Hujurat: 13)

"And that He createth the two spouses, the male and the female." (An-Najm: 45)

Also refer to Surat Al-Layl: 3, and Ash-Shura: 49. Allah the Almighty also says in Surat Al `Imran, verse 36, that "the male is not as the female."

And in Surat Al-Layl He says: "Lo! your effort is dispersed (toward diverse ends)."

2. Fitra

Allah, the Almighty, also said that He created every human being with Fitra (nature) that suits him or her. Since Fitra is an inbuilt system designed to suit every creation, the Fitra of a male is different from the Fitra of a female.

3. Changing the Creation

Allah, Exalted be He, also made it clear to us that when the Shaitan (Satan) challenged to deviate humans he said he would cause them to change the creation of Allah, the Almighty. Allah says: "And surely I will command them and they will change Allah's creation." (An-Nisa': 119)

4. Hermaphrodites Are An Exception

Every rule has an exception, so the hermaphrodite gender is an exception, and as it indicates, it is not a standard, but only a sign of Allah's Power of creation, for a wisdom He knows better.

5. Imitating the Opposite Gender is Haram

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, has invoked the curse of Allah, the Almighty, upon "a male who imitates a female or vice versa." This Hadith is about the matters of dress and fashion, but it also explains the importance of gender in Islam. So, if an imitation in outward appearance is counted as a sin, then by Qiyas (analogy), a total change in gender will be even more sinful act.

6. Do Not Covet or Envy

Allah, Glorified be He, says: "And covet not the thing in which Allah hath made some of you excel others. Unto men a fortune from that which they have earned, and unto women a fortune from that which they have earned. (Envy not one another) but ask Allah of His bounty. Lo! Allah is ever Knower of all things." (An-Nisa': 32)

This means that Allah, the Almighty, created each of us in one gender, in one shape, while he or she likes another gender, but as a Muslim and believer he or she has to accept the destiny of Allah.

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In the light of the above-mentioned basic facts, I would conclude by saying that it is not allowed in Islam to change the gender, and doing so will be changing of Allah's creation.

The only exception to this ruling is related to a person who has both genders potential in body, so a medical treatment can be sought to unify one gender. In this case it will be a correction, and not a change in the creation of Allah, the Almighty. This issue has been previously discussed by our earlier Fuqahaa' (jurists) and the same ruling has been given.

In shedding more light on the prohibition of sex change (save the medical necessities mentioned above), Sheikh M. S. Al-Munajjid, a prominent Saudi Islamic lecturer and author states:

"It is not permissible for a person to have gender operation; from male to female or vice versa. Every Muslim has to be content with what Allah has decreed for him/her, for He has placed him in a suitable position. He/she does not know what is good for him/her; (being a male) perhaps if he was created female, that would not be good for him, or (being a female) if she was created male, that would be bad for her. By the same token, there are some people for whom nothing but poverty is good, and if Allah made such a person rich it would be harmful for him; and there are others for whom nothing but richness is appropriate, and if they became poor that would be harmful to them.

Some women wished they had been created men so they could fight in the way of Allah. This was just wishful thinking, but Allah revealed the prohibition of that wishful thinking in the ayah (Qur'anic verse):

"And wish not for the things in which Allah has made some of you to excel others. For men there is reward for what they have earned, (and likewise) for women there is reward for what they have earned." (An-Nisa':32)

If mere wishful thinking is forbidden, then how about taking action upon such thinking? If a Muslim is forbidden to change the creation of Allah in minor cases, so how about changing sex altogether?

Sheikh `Abd Al-Karim Al-Khudayr states:

Changing one's sex is a kind of tampering with the creation of Allah and following the way of the Shaitan (Satan) who vowed that he would misguide the sons of Adam in this way and in others, as clarified in the verse: "And surely I will command them and they will change Allah's creation." (An-Nisa': 119) We pray to Allah to keep us safe and sound."

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[xAllahKnowsBestx]

The only exception to this ruling is related to a person who has both genders potential in body, so a medical treatment can be sought to unify one gender. In this case it will be a correction, and not a change in the creation of Allah, the Almighty. This issue has been previously discussed by our earlier Fuqahaa' (jurists) and the same ruling has been given.

Didn't know that. Thanks for the fatwa brother.