As a matter of Principle, Ahadith and/or separate incidents and individual reports are not a source of any law, because of certain inherent limitations with their nature of transmission, they are to be understood in the light of Quran and Sunnah.

– Following points might help you understand a bit about the Hadith Science:

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– To understand Hadith as a Source of Islamic Epistemology, please see:

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– To understand the Hadith Compilation and Collection, please see:

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– Please refer to the Principles of Understanding Hadith, which explain in detail how to approach Hadith Corpus:

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– Please refer to the following thread in order to understand the placement of Hadith in the overall framework of religion:

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– What should a common Muslim should do in case he encounters an apparently disturbing hadith, please refer to the following response by Ghamidi Sahab:

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All such ahadith are to be seen in the light of Quran and Sunnah.

As far as capital punishment is concerned, Quran has made very clear that such punishment can only be inflicted in case of ‘Murder‘ and ‘Fasad-fil-Arz‘ (For Details: Discussion 1283). Therefore, if someone was ordered to be killed in any such narration, then it must be because they committed either of the two crimes. And in the first narration, since the person was banished from the city, which in accordance with ‘Muharabah‘ verses of Quran, is the lowest punsihment in case one is guilty of ‘Fasad-fil-Arz‘ (For Details: Discussion 27167). Therefore, it can be assumed in the light of Quran that such persons were guilty of ‘Fasad-fil-Arz‘.

Regarding punishment of Sodomy or Homosexuality as mentioned in the above hadith and in some other ahadith as well, the same principle will be applied as mentioned above. Similar question was posed to Ghamidi Sahab regarding homosexuality and His response can be listened to in the following thread-link:

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As far as treatment of Transgenders in Islam is concerned, there’s nothing in Hadith Corpus which indicates that they were being mistreated or considered a low-level citizen solely because of their anatomy. There is also another narration in Sunan Abi Daud which suggests that Prophet (SWS) was originally comfortable with the mukhannath around his wives, until he indicated attraction to females (Source: https://sunnah.com/abudawud:4107).

Please also refer to the following thread which contains two detailed discussions with Ghamidi Sahab on the said matter:

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