The Funeral of an Effeminate

Abdul Wahhaab bin Abdul Hameed Thaqafi (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) relates that he once saw a janaaza being carried to the grave-yard by three men and a woman. There was no other person following the janaaza. The Sheikh joined them and lifted the side that she was supporting. They went to the burial-place, offered the janaaza salaah for the deceased and laid him to rest in the grave. After this, the Sheikh asked the woman who the deceased was and she said that he was her son. The Sheikh then asked, “Was there no other male person in your neighbourhood who could have lifted the fourth corner of the bier, instead of you?” The woman replied, “There are a many people living in our neighbourhood, but they did not follow the janaaza of my son, thinking him to be a mean and contemptible person. The Sheikh asked her, Why did they look upon him as such a disgraceful person?” She said, “My poor son was a effeminate.” The Sheikh felt pity for the woman, took her home and gave her some dirhams, clothes and wheat. That night, he dreamt that he saw a very handsome young man, whose face shone like the full moon, dressed in elegant white robes. The young man thanked the Sheikh, who asked him his name and the man replied, “I am the same effeminate whom you buried this morning. Allah Ta’ala had Mercy on me because I had suffered great humiliation in the world.” (Fazaail Sadaqaat)

عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن الله لا ينظر إلى صوركم وأموالكم ولكن ينظر إلى قلوبكم وأعمالكم (مسلم رقم 2564)

Hadhrat Abu Hurayrah (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “Certainly Allah Ta’ala does not look at your external forms (beauty etc.) and wealth, rather He looks at your hearts and your actions.