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Is it permissible to ask the doctor whether the child is a boy or girl when one is pregnant?

· 9 Rabiʻ II 1422 AH1 min readFatwa 3372English

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Is it permissible to ask the doctor whether the child is a boy or girl when one is pregnant?

Answer

The information given by the doctor will be based on the information through scanning which may be incorrect. Such information may be misleading and therefore harmful.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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