This paper critically assesses contemporary transgender ideology through the lens of Islamic theology, the Qur’an, Hadith, and the rich tradition of jurisprudence and scholarship in mainstream, authoritative, and orthodox Islam. This paper seeks to clarify the differences between mainstream secular constructs regarding gender identity and the Muslim model, which views gender through the prism of fitrah, or biological truth, and creation according to the vision and decree of the Almighty. Using a qualitative approach and an analysis of the Qur’an, the Hadith, and the authoritative texts and scholarship, which include the subject of khuntha, or intersex, as a basis for mainstream jurisprudential analysis, the paper finds that mainstream Islam, while condoning the existence of intersex phenomena and making appropriate provision for it, favors neither gender identity nor bodily transformation according to personal perception or identity constructs regarding gender identity constructs.
Keywords: Jurisprudence of Islam, Fitrah, Khuntha, Transgender ideology
05-Sep-2026
