Story of a Eunuch

Abd Al Wahhab ibne Abd Al Hameed Thaqafee Rahmatullahi 'alayh relates that he once saw a bier being carried to the graveyard by three men and a woman. There was no other person following the bier. The Shaykh joined them, himself lifting the side he was holding. They went to the burial-place, offered funeral solat for the deceased and laid him to rest in the grave. After this, the Shaykh asked the woman who the deceased was and she said that he was her son. The Shaykh 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 good many people living in our neighbourhood, but they did not follow the bier of my son, thinking him to be mean and contemptible person. The Shaykh asked her why they lookd upon him as such a contemptible person; she said, "My poor son was a eunuch." The Shaykh was moved to pity for the unfortunate woman, took her home and gave her some silver coins, 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 Shaykh, who asked him his name and the young man replied, "I am the eunuch whom you buried this morning. Allah Ta'ala had Mercy on me because I had suffered great humiliation in the world" (al-Ithaaf)

A Eunuch is a castrated man whom may or may not be dressed as a woman to resemble a woman.