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The Ruling on Accusing a Man with the Term Khunith

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Question:
There is a term that is frequently mentioned, yet many jurists did not address it in the issue of false accusation of zina (qadhf), which is the word khunith. Is this a false accusation against a man, or

Answer:
Originally, khunith meant one who is effeminate and walks with a mincing gait, not one who commits the obscene act. The mukhannath mentioned in the evidence is the one who is effeminate, walks like women, and imitates women; that is the mukhannath, not the one who commits the obscene act. There are mukhannath men in the sense that their creation resembles the creation of women.
After that, the term khunith and mukhannath came to mean the sodomite (liwat). So, one acts according to custom in this matter. If the custom of the people is that khunith means sodomite, then this is a false accusation. As for the ambiguous hermaphrodite (khunth al-mushkil), you have taken the position of the majority regarding the ambiguous hermaphrodite, which is the one who resembles a woman, having both male and female organs. Yes.
Source لفظ خنيث قذف للرجل عرفا — alfawzan.live

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