When a person has been confirmed as having gender dysphoria and they are in deep distress about their gender identity, are they allowed to transition to the opposite gender according to Shi'a law?
When a person has been confirmed as having gender dysphoria and they are in deep distress about their gender identity, are they allowed to transition to the opposite gender according to Shi'a law?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 6 years ago
If the genes of the person confirm his or her gender, but they look like a different gender, then it is allowed for them to seek medical help to make their original gender more clear in their body.
No one is allowed to change his or her original gender confirmed by their genes.
Wassalam.