Medical Issues: Is Gender-Defining Surgery Permissible for Hermaphrodites in Islam?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Is Gender-Defining Surgery Permissible for Hermaphrodites in Islam?

English:

Question #1272:

What is the ruling in the matter of undergoing an operation for a hermaphrodite person to become either man or woman?

Answer #1272:

There is no objection to it in itself provided that one avoids ḥarām preliminary steps.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues