The Queer Sahaba

Mukhannathun (مُخَنَّث ) or commonly known in the west as ' effeminate  ones' are men who resemble women or as we would now call transgendered, or male-to-female transsexuals. Various "mukhannathun" appear in several books of Rijal and Hadeeth. It is said these transexuals accepted Islam however lived in the boundaries of Medina and Makkah. We wish to make it clear that we are in no way attacking hermaphrodites for they are a creation from Allah (swt).  There is however evidence that points to hermaphrodites possessing acts such as buggery which if why the Sunnah of the Prophet (saw) has always been to keep a distance with such persons in that they should not live within the family unit. 

Just like nowadays, hermaphrodites existed during the lifetime of the Prophet (saw) and their coming into contact with him (saw), taking the Shahada and dying on that faith automatically places them within the definition of Sahabah (Companion).  We wish to reiterate that the fact that certain hermaphrodite companions existed in no way gives us the right to mock these individuals but we see some effeminate behaviors they exhibited, swayed towards their being inclined towards transvestism, as we shall evidence in this article.  Now since the Bakri’s have the same nauseam rant that each and every aspect of the lives of the Sahabah should be an inspiration for today’s Bakri community then we invite these Bakri’s to desist from attacking effeminate males and  transvestism  and suggesting they are plagues of a kuffar society, they should instead wholeheartedly embrace these forms of sexuality and fashion sense, and adopt these styles, whether that be at home, the workplace or during their Islamic study circles so that it is known to all asunder that the Salafis are those who have no shame in following the Sahabah of the Prophet (saw) no matter how they behaved or dressed. It is important to note the sources that have been used are books that are biographies of companions thus no ambiguity as to who these individuals are. Now to introduce some of these roles models for the present day Salaf let us take a look as to who they are.

'HEET'

Ibn Hajar:

He has been mentioned in Saheeh Al-Bukhari from the chain of Sufyan son of Ayeena, from Hisham son of Arwa from his father, from Zainab daughter of Abi Salma from Umma Salama she said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) came to us and amongst us was a Hermaphrodite  , and so he heard him say to Abdullah son of Ubay Ummaya: "If Allah opened Ta'ef for you, on you is to go with the daughter of Gaylan (a fat girl), four folds of fat from the front and eight from the back. So then the Prophet (saw) said: "Don't let this man enter" Sufyan said and ibn Jareeh said: The name of the Hermaphrodite was Heet. The Hadeeth in Muslim, Dawood, Nasa'i without the name"

Source: Al-Isaba Fi Tamyiz Al-Sahaba. Vol. 11.  Pg. # 262 - 265. Person. # 9070.

Ibn Al-Athir:

Heet the Hermaphrodite used to come to the wives of the Prophet (saw) and it was said: His name was 'Maanei'. Mentioned from Ja'far in that he is one of the companions, and he is the one that said to Abdullah son of Ubay Ummaya: If you open Ta'ef, on you is to go to the daughter of Gaylan. Narrated Aisha she said:"A Hermaphrodite used to come to the wives of the Prophet (saw) "

Source: Usd ul-Ghabeh. Vol. 5. Pg. # 395. Person. # 5423.

'Maanei'

Ibn Al-Athir:

From Muhammad son of Ibraheem son of Al-Harith al-Tamimi ‘There used to be with the Messenger of Allah (saw) a servant in battle of Al-Ta'if for his maternal aunt, and his sister is the daughter of Umro son of A'edh son of Makhzoom who is a Hermaphrodite and his name was: ‘Maanei', he enters to the women of the Messenger of Allah (saw) and he used to remain at his houses. The Messenger of Allah does not see him well-acquainted with a woman's matter than a man's matter, he heard him say to Khalid son of Makhzoomi: ‘O Khalid, the open of the Messenger of Allah (saw) in Ta'if will not have Badya daughter of Gaylan son of Salama, for she has approaches in four (flaps of fat) and turns back in eight. So the Messenger of Allah (swt) said when he heard this from him: "I do not see this wicked man mature when I hear of him! Then he said to his women: ‘Do not allow him to enter to you’.

Source:  Usd ul-Ghabeh. Vol. 5. Pg. # 3 - 4. Person. # 4551.

'MATE'

Ibn Al-Athir:

Al-Waqidi mentioned that he was the servant of Fakhita, the daughter of Amru, the son of 'A'eth, the son of Imran, the son of Makhzum, and that he and Wahayt were in the houses of the Prophet (saw) and that he said to Aisha, when he had heard that she had asked for a girl to engage for her brother, Abdul-Rahman, the son of Aboo Bakr: "Take 'fulana' ('such a girl'), for she would accept four and would get along with eight!" Then the Prophet (saw), and he banished him to Al-Hama, in which he stayed there until the caliphate of Umar. And ibn Ishaq mentioned in Al-Maghazi that Mohammad, the son of Ibrahim al-Taimi, that he (Mate') talked about the daughter of Gheilan, that she would accept four and would get along with eight, meanwhile it is known that Hayt was the one who said that, and that is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari of Jurayh, as what will come in his interpretation. And ibn Wahb narrated in his Jami' of Al-Harith, the son of Abdul-Rahman, of Abi-Dhi'ib, of Abi-Salama, the son of Abdul-Rahman, that there were two effeminates at the time of the Messenger of Allah (saw) one named Hayt, and the other Mate'. Mate' died and Hayt stayed. Moreover, ibn Wahb said: "I was told by the one who heard Aba-Ma'shar saying that the Prophet (saw) ordered for him, then he was hit". The narration was mentioned, and it will come in the Tarjama of Hayt.

Source: Al-Isaba. Vol. 9. Pg. # 411 - 412. Person. # 7616.

'Unknown Hermaphrodite '

Al-Albani:

Narrated Aboo Hurayrah: A Hermaphrodite (mukhannath) who had dyed his hands and feet with henna was brought to the Prophet (saw). He asked: What is the matter with this man? He was told: Apostle of Allah! he affects women's get-up. So he ordered regarding him and he was banished to an-Naqi'. The people said: Apostle of Allah! should we not kill him? He said: I have been prohibited from killing people who pray. Aboo Usamah said: Naqi' is a region near Medina and not a Baqi

Al-Albani: It is Saheeh (Authentic).

Source: Saheeh Sunan Aboo Dawood. Vol. 1. H # 4928. Pg. # 891 - 892.

Ibn Hajar:

Narrated Aboo Hurayrah: A Hermaphrodite (mukhannath) who had dyed his hands and feet with henna was brought to the Prophet (saw). He asked: What is the matter with this man? He was told: Apostle of Allah! he affects women's get-up. So he ordered regarding him and he was banished to an-Naqi'. The people said: Apostle of Allah! should we not kill him? He said: I have been prohibited from killing people who pray. Aboo Usamah said: Naqi' is a region near Medina and not a Baqi'.

Source: Fath Al-Bari. Vol. 12, Pg. # 670.

'HADAM'

Ibn Al-Athir:

The mention of Hadam the Homosexual will follows with that of Heet, and he said (ibn Hajar) in the Biograpghy of Heet, and Abu Ubayd Al-Bikri in the commentary of the Book Aamali Al-Qali that "There were three homosexuals in Medina, they used to enter homes of women and the women will not observe Hijaab with their presence, and they were Heet, Hadam and Maanei

Source: Al-Isaba. Vol. 6.  Pg. # 216 - 265. Person. # 8982.

'ANNAH'

Ibn Al-Athir:

Annah, the Hermaphrodite: He was mentioned by Al-Barudi, who narrated through Ibraheem bin Muhajir, who narrates of Abu Bakr bin Hafsa, who said: "Aisha said to a Transexual that was in Medina named Annah: 'Will you not lead us to a woman whom we would engage to Abdul-Rahman bin Aboo Bakr?' He said: 'Yes', and he described a woman that would accept four and would get along with eight!" Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) heard him, and he said: 'O Annah! Get out from Medina to Hamra' al-Asad, and let your home be there! And do not enter Medina except if there is an 'Eid (day of rejoice) for the people!."

Source: Al-Isaba. Vol. 1.  Pg. # 269. Person # 288.

'ANJASHA'

Ibn Al-Athir:

Anjasha al-Aswad al-'Hadi: «He had a good voice. Al-Baladhri said that he was a Habashite (Ethiopian) that would be nicknamed "Aba Maria". Aboo Dawud al-Tayalisi narrated in his Musnad of Humad, the son of Salama, of Thabit, of Anas, who said: "Anjasha used to drive the women, and Al-Bira, the son of Malik, used to the drive the men, and when the camels were 'necked' (i.e. ropes were tied around their necks), the Prophet (saw) said: 'O Anjasha! Drive slowly with the glass vessels', and that was narrated by the two Sheikhs (i.e. Bukhari and Muslim): through 'Himad, the son of Zayd, of Thabit, of Anas, and through 'Himad, the son of Zayd, of Ayub, of Abi-Qalaba, of Anas, and it was narrated by Muslim through Sulayman, the son of 'Tarkhan al-Tamimi, of Anas, who said: "The Prophet (saw) had a 'Had (servant) named Anjasha, and the Prophet (saw) said to him: 'Drive slowly with the glass vessels'." Ibn Mandeh said: It (i.e. the narration) is well-known, of Sulayman and through Abi-Qalama, of Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (saw) in some of his journeys, had a black man with him named Anjasha that would drive (the camels).

Imam An-Nasa'i narrated from the chain of Zuhayr from Sulayman Al-Timmi from Anas from his mother that she said, there was a homosexual with the wives of the prophet (saw) he  used to accompany them and he (Anas) mentioned his name" And it came in the Hadeeth of Al-Wathilah bin al-Asqaa that Anjasha was among the homosexuals during the time of the messenger of Allah (swt); and Imam Tabrani reported with a  chain from Anbasah bin Saeed from Hammad the servant of Banu Ummayya from Junah and from from Wathilah bin al-Asqaa who said, "The messenger of Allah (saw) cursed the homosexuals and he ordered saying" get them out of your homes and he the messenger of Allah took Anjasha out of his home and Umar to the same to so and so"

Source: Al-Isaba. Vol. 1.  Pg. # 239. Person. # 261.

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