What is the difference between the ruling on the ambiguous hermaphrodite and the clear hermaphrodite in marriage?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. What is the difference between the ... clear ... does it mean, how does it mean, is the marriage ... valid or not valid?
The Shaykh : Yes, the difference between them is that the clear one is when the characteristics of men or the characteristics of women appear in him. For example, if he urinates from his penis and does not urinate from the vagina, meaning he has a vagina and a penis, but he urinates from the penis and not from the vagina, this is clear that he
The questioner : Male.
The Shaykh : is a male. And if he urinates from the vagina and not from the penis, it is clear that he is female. As for the ambiguous one, it is when he urinates from both. This is what we do not know. As long as he urinates from both, we do not know whether he is male or female. If a male marries him, we say he may be male, in which case his intercourse would be sodomy. And if a female marries him, we say he may be female, in which case his marriage would be lesbianism. Is that clear? Is that clear, everyone?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no problem?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?
The Shaykh : Yes, the difference between them is that the clear one is when the characteristics of men or the characteristics of women appear in him. For example, if he urinates from his penis and does not urinate from the vagina, meaning he has a vagina and a penis, but he urinates from the penis and not from the vagina, this is clear that he
The questioner : Male.
The Shaykh : is a male. And if he urinates from the vagina and not from the penis, it is clear that he is female. As for the ambiguous one, it is when he urinates from both. This is what we do not know. As long as he urinates from both, we do not know whether he is male or female. If a male marries him, we say he may be male, in which case his intercourse would be sodomy. And if a female marries him, we say he may be female, in which case his marriage would be lesbianism. Is that clear? Is that clear, everyone?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : There is no problem?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes?