TRANSGENDERS AND ISLAM

Humiliating, insulting or teasing transgenders is 'Haram'
At least 50 clerics affiliated with a little known Tanzeem Ittehad-
i-Ummat have issued a fatwa (religious decree) that marriage with
a transgender person is lawful.
The fatwa, released on Sunday, said a transgender person having
"visible signs of being a male" may marry a woman or a transgender
with "visible signs of being a female" and vice versa.
But, the fatwa added, a transgender person carrying "visible signs
of both genders" may not marry anyone.
It declared that robbing transgender people of their share in
inheritance was unlawful and that parents who deprive their
transgender sons/daughters of inheritance were "inviting the wrath
of God".
The clerics called upon the government to take action against such parents.
The decree also dwelt upon societal attitudes towards transgenders.
It went to the extent of terming 'haraam' any act intended to
"humiliate, insult or tease" them.
The fatwa ended with a word on last rites, declaring that all
funeral rituals for a transgender person will be the same as for any
other Muslim man or woman.
The clerics who issued the fatwa included Imran Hanfi, Pir Karamat
Ali, Abu Bakr Awan, Masoodur Rehman, Tahir Tabassum Qadri, Khalil
Yousafi, Gul Ateequi, Gulzar Naeemi, Intikhab Noori, Abdul Sattar
Saeedi and Khizarul Islam.

Issues of fasting, Dought & clear, - * Is it permissible for him to remove his body hair with a laser? Will that affect his fast?

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My body is covered with thick hair, and I want to get rid of it completely with a laser. Is it possible to do that when I am fasting? Or is the laser haraam for men in all cases?
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Praise be to Allah
Whatever the Lawgiver has instructed us to leave alone of hair on the body, such as the beard and eyebrows, nothing should be removed from them, whether that is done whilst fasting or at any other time.
What we have been commanded to remove, may be removed as much as indicated by Islamic teaching, such as the armpit hair, pubic hair, and the moustache in the case of men.
Whatever has not been mentioned in the teachings is pardoned. That includes hair of the nose, chest, back, legs and forearms.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Removal of hair may be divided into several categories:
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Hair which the Lawgiver has commanded us to remove, such as pubic hair, armpit hair and the moustache which we are commanded to trim.
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Hair which the Lawgiver has forbidden us to remove: the hair of the beard. Plucking the eyebrows is also prohibited.
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Hair concerning which the Lawgiver has not said anything, such as hair on the head, legs, arms and the rest of the body. With regard to that concerning which the Lawgiver has not said anything, some of the scholars stated that it is not allowed to remove it, because removing it is changing the creation of Allah, and changing the creation of Allah is something that is enjoined by the Shaytaan, because Allah, may He be exalted, tells us that he said (interpretation of the meaning):“and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah” [an-Nisa’ 4:119]. Other scholars said that it is permissible to remove it, because nothing was said about it; sharee‘ah commands, prohibits and stays silent, and when it has stayed silent and said nothing, it is known that this is something that is neither enjoined nor prohibited, because if it was prohibited, sharee‘ah would have prohibited it, and if it was enjoined, it would have enjoined it.
The latter view is more likely to be correct, in terms of argument, because removing hair that it is not forbidden to remove is permissible.
End quote fromMajmoo‘ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il al-‘Uthaymeen(11/205-206)
Please see also the answer to question no. 45557
Conclusion: with regard to removing hair from the body, what matters is whether the Lawgiver has given permission to remove it.
After that, it makes no difference whether it is done by laser or any other means of removing it.
The basic principle is that it is permissible to use a laser for that and for other permissible uses, unless trustworthy doctors state that the body may be harmed by that. In that case it is not permissible to use that which will cause harm to it.
Moreover, this matter has nothing to do with the fast at all, because fasting does not make it allowed or disallowed to remove hair whilst fasting, and the fast is not invalidated or enhanced by that. It has nothing to do with it.
But if a person removes any of his hair by way of sin and disobedience, then doing so in Ramadan is worse, because he should guard against sin and disobedience before he fasts by refraining from food, drink and physical pleasures.
And Allah knows best.













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Issues of fasting, Dought & clear, - * She drank something because she forgot that she was fasting, and her mother told her that she had broken a fast, so she broke the fast, then she made up that day; does she have to do anything further?

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I was sleeping after sahoor (pre-dawn meal), then I had a nightmare, and I woke up screaming, so my mother brought me some water and I drank it, but I forgot that I was fasting. Then I went back to sleep. When I woke up and I wanted to complete my fast, my mother told me: You broke your first when you drank something, and she made me break my fast. Is this regarded as breaking the fast deliberately? Please note that I made up that day later on, and I want to know what my expiation is, because I am female and my father takes care of me because I am still young. What should I do?
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Praise be to Allah
Firstly:
If a fasting person eats or drinks during the day in Ramadan by mistake (because he forgot he was fasting), his fast is still valid and he does not have to make up that day or offer expiation. Please see the answer to question no. 50041.
The fact that you drank this water by mistake does not affect your fast, so you should have completed the fast of that day. As you broke the fast based on what your mother told you, and you made up that day, then you have done what is required of you, and you do not have to offer expiation, because expiation is only required of the one who breaks the fast during the day in Ramadan by having intercourse.
And Allah knows best.













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Between man and wife, Dought & clear, - * He had intercourse with his wife when the muezzin was giving the call to Fajr prayer

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-I had intercourse with my wife at dawn in Ramadan, just before the adhaan and when the adhaan came, I was still in that situation with my wife, but I stopped before the muezzin finished giving the call to prayer. Do I have to do anything? As I thought that I could have intercourse with her before the muezzin finished the adhaan.
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Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
If the muezzin gives the call to prayer as dawn is breaking, then it is obligatory to refrain from things that break the fast from the break of dawn until the sun sets. So once the muezzin says Allaahu akbar, you have to refrain from eating, drinking, having intercourse and everything that breaks the fast.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If dawn breaks and a person has food in his mouth, he should spit it out, and if he spits it out then his fast is valid, but if he swallows it then he has broken the fast. If dawn breaks and he is having intercourse but he stops immediately, his fast is valid. But if dawn breaks and he is having intercourse and he knows that dawn has broken, but he continues having intercourse, then his fast is invalidated. No difference of opinion concerning that is known among the scholars. And he has to offer expiation for that according to our view. End quote fromal-Majmoo’(6/329).
He also said (6/333): We stated that if dawn breaks and a person has food in his mouth, then he should spit it out and complete his fast, but if he swallows it after he knows that dawn has come, his fast is invalid. There is no difference of opinion concerning this, and the evidence for it is the hadeeth of Ibn ‘Umar and ‘Aa’ishah (may Allah be pleased with them) according to which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Bilaal gives the adhaan at night, so eat and drink until Ibn ‘Umm Maktoom gives the adhaan.” Narrated by al-Bukhaari and Muslim. Inal-Saheehthere are many similar hadeeths. End quote.
Based on that, if the muezzin in your neighbourhood gives the call to prayer when dawn breaks, then you have to stop having intercourse as soon as you hear the first takbeer of his adhaan.
If you know that the muezzin gives the call to prayer before dawn breaks or you are not sure whether he gives the call before dawn breaks or after, then you do not have to do anything further, because Allah has permitted us to eat and drink and have intercourse until the dawn comes. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):“So now have sexual relations with them and seek that which Allaah has ordained for you (offspring), and eat and drink until the white thread (light) of dawn appears to you distinct from the black thread (darkness of night)” [al-Baqarah 2:187].
The scholars of the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas were asked: What is the ruling on one who completes his sahoor and drinks water at the time of the adhaan or one quarter of an hour after the adhaan of Fajr?
They replied: If the person mentioned in the question knows that this is before dawn appears, then he does not have to make up the fast, but if he knows that it is after dawn appears, then he does have to make up the fast.
But if he does not know whether his eating or drinking came after dawn appeared or before, then he does not have to make up the fast, because the basic principle is that it is still night. But the believer should be careful about his fast and should refrain from things that break the fast when he hears the call to prayer, unless he knows that this call comes before dawn. End quote.
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 2/240
Secondly:
If you were unaware of this ruling and you thought that abstaining was only required after the end of the adhaan, then you do not have to offer any expiation, but you should make up that fast in order to be on the safe side, as well as repenting and seeking forgiveness for your falling short in learning what is required of you in your religion.
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