Is it disliked for a person to love being granted a male child and to look forward to it?
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The questioner : Perhaps a person loves to have a child born to him and looks forward to it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And I would like to point out.
The Shaykh : No, no, there is nothing wrong with it; there is no issue. However, if a girl is born to him and he dislikes that,[An-Nahl 16:59] this is what was like the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. But if he hopes that Allah will grant him a child, meaning a boy, there is no harm in that.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And I would like to point out.
The Shaykh : No, no, there is nothing wrong with it; there is no issue. However, if a girl is born to him and he dislikes that,
He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed
يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِن سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1309 - 4600 هل حب الإنسان أن يرزق الولد الذكر وتطلعه لذلك مكروه؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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