Relying on medical tests to determine pregnancy for a woman whose menstruation has stopped
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Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a woman’s menstruation has stopped, should medical tests be relied upon to determine whether she is pregnant or not, so that she does not have to observe the waiting period of nine months?
Answer:
No, medical tests are not accepted, because doctors’ reports are based on probability, not certainty, and they do not know the unseen,[An-Nahl 16:8], so one does not rely on this. Yes.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a woman’s menstruation has stopped, should medical tests be relied upon to determine whether she is pregnant or not, so that she does not have to observe the waiting period of nine months?
Answer:
No, medical tests are not accepted, because doctors’ reports are based on probability, not certainty, and they do not know the unseen,
And He creates that which you do not know.
وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 093 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / العدد / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:38)
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