Choosing the Sex of the Child Through Test-Tube Babies
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding childbirth through what is called test-tube babies, is it permissible for him to choose the gender of the child if the doctors say that this is possible, so he chooses whether it is a male or a female? Is this permissible?
Answer:
One should not resort to this. One should be content with the decree of Allah and supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to grant him offspring without resorting to this act of test-tube babies. What gives you assurance that this child is yours? It may be from another semen. Do you trust the doctors? They want money and want [to do so]. Do not trust them in this. There is no play in lineage. There is no play in lineage. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding childbirth through what is called test-tube babies, is it permissible for him to choose the gender of the child if the doctors say that this is possible, so he chooses whether it is a male or a female? Is this permissible?
Answer:
One should not resort to this. One should be content with the decree of Allah and supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) to grant him offspring without resorting to this act of test-tube babies. What gives you assurance that this child is yours? It may be from another semen. Do you trust the doctors? They want money and want [to do so]. Do not trust them in this. There is no play in lineage. There is no play in lineage. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 15-03-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (53:26)
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