Is it permissible to ask the doctor whether the child is a boy or girl when one is pregnant?
Question
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Is it permissible to ask the doctor whether the child is a boy or girl when one is pregnant?
Answer
The information given by the doctor will be based on the information through scanning which may be incorrect. Such information may be misleading and therefore harmful.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
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