What is the validity of the claim by some that if a pregnant woman craves something and does not find it, then scratches a spot on her body, the shape of it appears drawn on the child, and this is known as

The questioner: There is a question here concerning pregnant women, which is that some women, as they say, are pregnant and crave something. For example, she looks at an apple and likes it, then she scratches a spot on her body, and her child comes with that spot where she scratched, meaning the shape of the apple or something like that is drawn there. I do not know what you say about this matter?

The Shaykh: By Allah, these are matters, as they say, physiological. We do not know if this is a reality or if it is a superstition. We know that a pregnant woman, in our local expression, craves for something.

The questioner: This is what we say.

The Shaykh: Okay, good.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: So this is known regarding pregnant women, but that the effect of what she craved, especially if she did not obtain it, appears on the body, this is an experience we do not know of. But if the experience

The questioner: Exists, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: If the experience proves that, then it is a psychological matter and the matter is ended.

The questioner: Good, meaning it has no connection to creed?

The Shaykh: No.

The questioner: As some of the brothers said.

The Shaykh: No, no, it has no connection to creed.