Intersex/Bisexual (خُنْثَى)

Intersex/Bisexual (خُنْثَى)


أصول الفقه

المعنى الاصطلاحي :


A person born with both male and female sexual organs or neither of the two.

الشرح المختصر :


"Khuntha" (intersex/bisexual) is someone born with a woman’s vagina and a man’s penis. He is called "khuntha ghayr mushkil" (unambiguous intersex). If he has neither, but rather an opening from which he urinates, he is called "khuntha mushkil" (ambiguous intersex).

التعريف اللغوي المختصر :


"Khuntha": person born with both male and female sexual organs or neither of the two. "Ikhtinaath": to behave in an effeminate manner; hence, the name "mukhannath" is given to the male who behaves like a woman.