The Rule of Sex Change: An Evaluative Study in Light of the Maqāṣid al-Sharī’ah

Mapping Intimacies ◽

10.31221/osf.io/xrcpd ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies

Keyword(s):

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Sex Change ◽

Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽

Sex Reassignment ◽

Inner Sense ◽

Evaluative Study ◽

Technological Advances ◽

Opposite Sex ◽

Legal Position ◽

Medical Advances

Sex reassignment or sex change is a new and strange phenomenon unknown to our predecessors. Modern medical advances have facilitated the process and technological advances in communication have helped spread this phenomenon among Muslims of today. Muslim scholars rose to the occasion and clarified the legitimate Islamic Fiqh position towards sex reassignment. However, some of those affiliated with Fiqh and Sharī’ah followed a course other than that of the majority credible and authoritative Muslim jurists in the Islamic world. Thus this paper aims to contribute to the correct legal position towards sex reassignment surgery by highlighting the proofs and arguments of the majority of the jurists (Fuqahā), which are based on the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah according to the understanding of the credible authoritative scholars of past and present, and also on the sound logical evidences and the Maqāṣid al-Sharī’ah. This paper only deals with sex reassignment motivated by the inner-sense of belonging to the opposite sex and does not cover sex reassignment done based on other reasons be it valid or invalid.

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The legality of Artificial sex change in Islamic perspective

rahatulquloob ◽

10.51411/rahat.5.1.2021/146 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 19-26

Author(s):

Dr. Muhammad Yaseen ◽

Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Keyword(s):

Medical Science ◽

Sex Change ◽

The Other ◽

Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽

Sex Reassignment ◽

Corrective Surgery ◽

Islamic Perspective ◽

The People ◽

The Creation ◽

Religious Aspects

Humans and diseases are related to each other since the creation. With the passage of time, humans were able to overcome different diseases. But still, they could not find out the solution for those people who were born in wrong bodies. The progress of medical science ultimately enabled them to restore their originality through corrective surgery or sex reassignment surgery. But soon this was also misused like the other researches by opportunists. The people who were healthy and have developed sexual organs got their sex change artificially without knowing the religious aspects. This article will highlight the Islamic aspects of artificial sex change surgery.

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Prevalence of Transsexualism Among New Zealand Passport Holders

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1080/00048670802345490 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 42 (10) ◽

pp. 887-889 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Jaimie F. Veale

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Birth Certificate ◽

Sex Change ◽

Sex Reassignment Surgery ◽

Sex Reassignment ◽

Female Transsexualism ◽

Male To Female

Objective: Most previous studies of the prevalence of transsexualism have used data from individuals seeking sex reassignment surgery. New Zealand is unique in that transsexual people can apply to have an ‘X’ for the sex on their passport if they have a name on their birth certificate that is congruent with the sex opposite to their birth assigned sex, and provide a statutory declaration stating they have lived as a member of that sex. Method: From information provided by the New Zealand Passports Office, it was ascertained that the prevalence of transsexualism among New Zealand passport holders was at least 1:6364. Results: The prevalence of male-to-female transsexualism was estimated at 1:3639, and the corresponding figure for female-to-male transsexualism was 1:22 714. Conclusions: These estimates were higher than most previous estimates of transsexualism prevalence. There was also a larger than expected ratio of male-to-female transsexual people to female-to-male transsexual people (6:1), which could in part be due to female-to-male transsexual people being relatively overrepresented among those transsexual people for whom we did not have data on the direction of sex change, or this may be indicative of the demography of transsexualism in Australasia.

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