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Knowing
what is in the womb
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Question:
In the December 1975 edition of "al-'Arabee" number
205, page 15, it is alleged under the question and answer
column that it is man who decides the gender of the fetus.
Is there anyone other than Allaah who knows the unseen? What
is the Islaamic ruling on this issue?
Response:
First of all, it is Allaah alone Who fashions the fetus in
the womb the way He wishes. He either makes it female or male,
perfect or deformed, and so on. No one else other than Allaah
can do that. He says:
{It
is He Who fashions you in the wombs as He wills. There is
no true God except He, the Almighty, the All-Wise},
[Soorah
Aal-'Imraan, Aayah
6]
And
He says:
{To
Allaah belongs dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates
what He wills. He gives females to whoever He wills and males
to whoever He wills. Or He gives them twins of males and females,
and makes whoever He wills barren. He is the All-Knower, All-Powerful},
[Soorah
ash-Shooraa, Aayaat
49-50]
Allaah
the Exalted, is the only Proprietor of the heaven and the
earth. It is up to Him to create whatever He wills, and fashions
the fetus in the womb as he likes, be it male or female, perfect
or deformed, beautiful or ugly, or any other fetal conditions.
He is alone, not a partner nor anyone else, Who does so.
A
claim that a husband, a doctor, or a philosopher can decide
the sex of the fetus is groundless. All the husband can do
is to wait for his wife's fertility period to have intercourse
with her, for the hope of pregnancy. He may have what he wants
fulfilled by the Decree of Allaah. Pregnancy may not take
place for one reason or another, or due to a blockage in the
fallopian tubes or inferility. Or it may be that Allaah wants
to test the endurance of his servants.
This
means that material means themselves have no effect on the
case; rather, they work by the Will of Allaah.
Fertilisation
is a thing belonging to the universal Will of Allaah, and
the human can only do the action with the Will of Allaah.
As
for the disposal of the affairs, the formation, and the arranging
of the causes, all are restricted to Allaah alone. He who
contemplates the conditions of people, their claims and lies
out of ignorance and excessive estimation of modern sciences,
surely exceeds the limits of trusting the material means.
He who evaluates the matters properly will be able to distinguish
between what is restricted to Allaah alone, and those which
Allaah allowed the servant to do through His Decree.
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa
Fataawa Islaamiyyah - Volume 1, Page 40
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