The Ruling on a Woman Leading a Man in Prayer and the Cases of the Hermaphrodite

The questioner : Well then, her leading in prayer is not valid except for a woman; her leading is not valid except for one like her, and it is not valid for one higher than her.

The Shaykh : Is that correct? And it is not valid for one higher than her, such as whom?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Well, if someone says the man is clearly a hermaphrodite.

The questioner : Hm? Because of the possibility that the man is complete.

The Shaykh : And the testicle is greater, and it is known, O Kamil, and it is not like the pebbles, who is it?

The questioner : And the one whose creation or penis did not appear.

The Shaykh : Either.

The questioner : It must be that you have assistance or it is established.

The Shaykh : By what is it hidden from us whether it is male or female?

The questioner : It will not have a third organ.

The Shaykh : Yes, two organs where one is not distinguished from the other, this is one case, or

The questioner : Come on, come on.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : That there is no problem, we cannot.

The Shaykh : We want the cases.

The questioner : Sound? Yes.

The Shaykh : The person is not distinguished by anything, he is not distinguished as being

The questioner : Yes, we want the cases, brothers.

The Shaykh : He has it.

The questioner : We mentioned in inheritance.

The Shaykh : Three cases.

The questioner : Do you remember them?

The Shaykh : This is one case, in another case al-Muqaffa (may Allah have mercy on him) says in al-Mughni that a man was in Sham who had only one opening between the exits of the two passages, one opening from which both urine and semen come out.

The questioner : Both, and another man who has neither a male organ nor a female opening, but rather he has something like a swelling from which urine comes out as a discharge.

The Shaykh : Like the Arabs.

The questioner : And the third has nothing from which waste comes out from below, but rather it comes out from above; when he eats food and it remains in the stomach, may Allah will it, he vomits it.

The Shaykh : So these are three cases, the fourth case is what the brother Karmal indicated, that he has two organs where one is not distinguished from the other, such that he urinates from both of them.

The questioner : And as for if he urinates from one of them, it is clear, either male or female, but praise be to Allah, it is rare among humans, common among animals, especially goats, for hermaphrodites are frequent in them.

The Shaykh : And a question was asked by some people asking about sacrificing a hermaphrodite, is it permissible or not?

The questioner : So what is the answer, is it not permissible?

The Shaykh : All right.

The questioner : But is it permissible or not? Because it is sufficient under every possibility; if it is male, it is sufficient, and if it is female, it is sufficient.