What is Islam's view about intersex people? Do they classify as men or women in Sharia? There are different laws for men and women so which laws do intersexual people follow? I'm looking for answers to questions like if a intersex person will he need a mahram to go on Hajj? Who can they pray with (males or females)?

> To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males. **Or He makes them [both] males and females**, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent. -- Qur'an 42:49-50 These ayat came up in my previous question https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/35022/17163 *Question*: Should "Or He makes them [both] males and females" be interpreted as referring to intersex people? It seems plausible that this instead refers to instances of male-female twins.

[Hermaphrodite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite) called Hijra in Pakistan/india and google tells me its **خنثى** in arabic. What do Islamic Laws of Inheritance says about them ?