Social Status of Transgenders in Prophetic Period

Abstract

This paper presented a thorough review of social status of transgenders in prophetic period in the light of especially Hadith and generally in the light of Quran and Islam. Muslim jurists and scholars say that there is never any such thing as a third gender and that transgender people are either male or female. There is nothing more to this than a medical disability, just like other disabilities. Islam has given transgenders, many rights, honor and prestige. The Ahadith proves the last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did not forbid transgenders from engaging in ceremonies related to faith. Today, need is there to understand that transgender people should be treated with respect and they must be allowed to participate in religious practices and acts. Many significant details regarding transgender people are acquired from the Ahaadith source, including the many kinds of transgender people, which ones were permitted entry into homes and which ones weren't, and numerous other similar details. We discuss it in this paper from Quran that transgender person are a creation of Allah Almighty, Ahaadith contains instructions and advice on how to interact with transgender persons. In the religion of Islam, they are not less than anyone else and are simply people with normal human disability. They can contract marriages, own properties and businesses, inherit from their ancestors, job of their own choice, offer prayers and other religious rituals etc. Throughout Islamic history, transgender people have played a very active role and were given honor and respect. In Islamic communities, transgender people served as guardians, instructors, administrators, soldiers, and managers as opposed to engaging in dancing, singing, begging, and prostitution.