Combining knowledge of the unseen with doctors' determination of the fetus's type
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Question:
In his second question, this questioner wrote this question in his own style. His Eminence the Shaykh says: As we know that no one knows what is in the wombs except Allah, as in the noble verse, does that mean that no person or no one knows whether the fetus is male or female except Allah, or is there another interpretation?
Knowing that it has now become possible for the doctor to know that, His Eminence the Shaykh.
Answer:
He knows what is in the wombs before it is created. As for after it is created, the angel knows it, and it became possible for people to know it by the new method with the new machines.
As for before that, no one knows it except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). He is the One who knows what is in the wombs. But when He informs the angel, the angel shares in His knowledge. The angel, who is commanded to form the fetus as male or female, and so on, knows it. And these people may now know it with these new devices; because it has now been formed in the womb of its mother. As for before that, when it was a drop of fluid or a clot before it was formed, no one knows whether it is male or female except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)? And whether it will be completed or not? And whether it will be miscarried or completed? Allah is the One who knows. But after it is formed in the womb as male or female, the angel is informed of it. Allah commands the angel to form it, and when the angel is informed, the knowledge is no longer exclusive to Allah. The angel becomes a partner in this knowledge. And so it is with what doctors and others know of this by the new evidence and new inventions. This is what happens of the knowledge of the unseen at that time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, His Eminence the Shaykh, and may He do you good.
In his second question, this questioner wrote this question in his own style. His Eminence the Shaykh says: As we know that no one knows what is in the wombs except Allah, as in the noble verse, does that mean that no person or no one knows whether the fetus is male or female except Allah, or is there another interpretation?
Knowing that it has now become possible for the doctor to know that, His Eminence the Shaykh.
Answer:
He knows what is in the wombs before it is created. As for after it is created, the angel knows it, and it became possible for people to know it by the new method with the new machines.
As for before that, no one knows it except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). He is the One who knows what is in the wombs. But when He informs the angel, the angel shares in His knowledge. The angel, who is commanded to form the fetus as male or female, and so on, knows it. And these people may now know it with these new devices; because it has now been formed in the womb of its mother. As for before that, when it was a drop of fluid or a clot before it was formed, no one knows whether it is male or female except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)? And whether it will be completed or not? And whether it will be miscarried or completed? Allah is the One who knows. But after it is formed in the womb as male or female, the angel is informed of it. Allah commands the angel to form it, and when the angel is informed, the knowledge is no longer exclusive to Allah. The angel becomes a partner in this knowledge. And so it is with what doctors and others know of this by the new evidence and new inventions. This is what happens of the knowledge of the unseen at that time. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, His Eminence the Shaykh, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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