Sex Change Operations
Are sex-change operations allowed, i.e. to change a man
into a woman, and vice-versa?
The answer may be deduced from what has already been
said: "Allaah's handiwork according to the pattern on
which he has made mankind, (let there be) no change in
the creation of Allaah.''
What are the sources of Islamic legislation?
Sharia law
Praise be to Allaah.
Sharia law Arabic: شريعة) is the body of Islamic law. The term means "way" or "pat
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