Methods of determining fetal gender and their Sharia provisions

Abstract

This article aims to provide scientific, Sharia solutions, by clarifying the mandatory provisions for issues of determining the fetal gender through extrapolating Sharia and eliciting appropriate provisions based on modern medical and technical data. Therefore, this study is both medical and jurisprudential. It employs inductive, descriptive and comparative approach. It is divided into an introduction, four sections, and conclusion. Section 1 discusses how to determine the fetal gender. Section 2 examines the natural methods for determining the fetal gender and their Sharia provisions. Section 3 presents the medical methods for determining the fetal gender and their Sharia provisions. Section 4 tackles scholars’ opinions about this topic. It concludes that Sharia in its teachings and provisions is concerned with human race, preserving its survival, which highlights its comprehensiveness and validity for all times and places.