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Fatwa #337230 June 2001South Africa

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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