Re: No Namaz for Transexual
so as a society we are forcing this individual to not be able to pray in c ongregation, jammat ka sawaab hota hai.
plus it appears the namaz was for eid, last time I checked i was not sure if an individual can do eid namaz at home by himself.
The issue is that it's not a "himself". It's a "herself", and she is bound by the regulations in Islam that apply for women's prayers. The reaction of the village elders and cleric, and the circumstances described in the story, suggest that she has lived in the village for several years and that she was known in the village as being a woman before.
Women are not allowed to pray whilst standing amongst men. The fault of the village mullahs was not providing a facility for women to pray in, much as many desi run mosques do not have facilities for women.
This person has no right to pray amongst men unless the surgical procedure was to fix hermaphrodite features - something that is not referred to at all in the news story. The article suggest that the the person changed gender out of choice - something that Sunni Islam does not permit (I challenge anyone who disagrees to find a Sunni scholar who supports transgendering out of choice rather than correcting deformity)
This person does, on the other hand, have a right to pray jamaat amongst the rest of the women in her community.