Q. Is it permissible to find out the gender of a baby before it is born?
A. There is no harm in finding out the gender of a baby before it is born.
It is permissible to do so.
Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa
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Finding out the gender of a baby
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