There is a chart that explains how to determine whether a newborn will be male or female; what is the guidance regarding this?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a chart that explains determining the sex of the newborn, such that if a person wants his child to be male, he will be born male, and if he wants the child to be female, she will be female. What is the guidance regarding this chart that is being distributed?
Answer:
The advice is that you tear it up or burn it in the fire; this is a superstition. The one who determines the child is Allah, who creates what He wills of males,[Ash-Shuraa 42:49], or pairs them, meaning He shapes them as males and females; this is in the hand of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So this is among the superstitions. You must tear it up and destroy it so that it does not spread among the people. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this is a chart that explains determining the sex of the newborn, such that if a person wants his child to be male, he will be born male, and if he wants the child to be female, she will be female. What is the guidance regarding this chart that is being distributed?
Answer:
The advice is that you tear it up or burn it in the fire; this is a superstition. The one who determines the child is Allah, who creates what He wills of males,
He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males.
يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ إِنَاثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَاءُ الذُّكُورَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [949 -954] هناك جدول يوضح طريقة تحديد المولود ذكرا أم أنثى، فما هو التوجيه حيال ذلك؟ — youtube.com
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