Prophet Muhammad never hated transgenders, says scholar

Alfian Z.M. Tahir Zaim Ibrahim Alfian Z.M. Tahir, Zaim Ibrahim Updated 4 years ago · Published on 7 Oct 2018 5:00PM · 2 Comments

Wan Ji Wan Hussin says transgenders have been around since Prophet Muhammad's time, as there was a trans person during his time named Khit. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, October 7, 2018.

PROPHET Muhammad’s wife Aishah once had a transgender friend and the prophet himself had never tried to stop his wife from befriending the transperson, said independent Islamic scholar Wan Ji Wan Hussin.

Speaking about the hatred many Muslims had towards the trans community, Wan Ji said that he was baffled by the attitude many Muslims in the country had.

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  • It's all about education isn't it? The basic needs of human beings have have not changed throughout history. The biological make-up of males and females are not distinct extremes, rather spread over a spectrum that overlaps and is what makes us all unique individuals. If we only learnt what respect really means,, we would not confine ourselves to the thinking induced by societies we grew up in...and as Wan Ji points out, made popular.

    Posted 4 years ago by Elaine Pereira

  • It's all about education isn't it? The basic needs of human beings have have not changed throughout history. The biological make-up of males and females are not distinct extremes, rather spread over a spectrum that overlaps and is what makes us all unique individuals. If we only learnt what respect really means,, we would not confine ourselves to the thinking induced by societies we grew up in...and as Wan Ji points out, made popular.

    Posted 4 years ago by Elaine Pereira