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Is it allowed in Shariah for mother and father to find out the gender of a child using ultrasound before birth?

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Doctors usually do ultrasound during pregnancy but determining the sex of the child is optional. We could not resist the excitement and found about it but now are afaraid that we might have done wrong. Please clarify. JazakAllah Khairan.

Answer

According to our understanding, a sensor is placed on the abdomen of a
female and the picture of the womb is reflected on the screen.

If so, it is prohibited for a female to unnecessarily reveal her entire or
part of her body to a male physician / gynaecologist. If the scan was
conducted by a female, then it is not prohibited. As regards knowing the
gender of the child through the scan, it is not prohibited. However,
experience have revealed that the information is not always correct. That
can be very disturbing to parents.

and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

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