Selecting the Sex of the Embryo in Test-Tube Babies
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, she also asks about what is called test-tube babies. The doctors there offer the woman and the husband the choice of whether they want the child to be male or female. Is such a matter permissible, and do they have the right to choose?
The Shaykh:
If they want it to be male, it becomes male. If Allah did not will it to be male, it will not become male. Yes.
The presenter:
That is the end. May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, she also asks about what is called test-tube babies. The doctors there offer the woman and the husband the choice of whether they want the child to be male or female. Is such a matter permissible, and do they have the right to choose?
The Shaykh:
If they want it to be male, it becomes male. If Allah did not will it to be male, it will not become male. Yes.
The presenter:
That is the end. May Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 22-05-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:13:03)
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