Social Status of Hijrras (Mukhannath) in Prophetic Period, Inheritance of Mukhannath in Islam & Present Era

This paper presents a brief discussion about the social status of Hijrra (Mukhannath) in the prophetic period and the inheritance of Mukhannath in Islam. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on the rare information of the basic sources of Islam regarding effeminates (Mukhannath) and to know the societal behavior about the effeminates, typology effeminates & about the inheritance of effeminates (Mukhannath) in Islam. Furthermore, this paper describes in brief manner about the terminology transgender, homosexuality while the societal position of effeminates (mukhannath) in descriptive manner. This paper presents us guideline of Islamic teachings that according to gender and status of Hijrras (mukhannath), they must be treated regarding their access & in inheritance also, as hadith narrations guides us that in situation of fear of attraction for women, their access were banned. In short, it may be stated that social status of real hijrras (mukhannath/effeminate) was declined from the past time and it became more suspicious because of transgender movements.