Fatwa Number: 1288/1981
Issuing Date: Sha’ban 1401 H – 27th of July 1981 AC
Mufti: Shiekh Gad Al-Haq
Issuing Authority: Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta – Al-Azhar
Question: On a request sent from Mr. As A. from Malaysia, which includes that The Islamic Center of Research in Malaysia has asked him for a report on the Islamic Sharia law for performing surgery to turn a man into a woman and similar topics. And showing if there are law and jurisprudence texts to support that. The requester asked for a lawful verdict on that topic so that it could be sent to the Malaysian government.