Are the prophetic hadiths that deal with determining the sex of the newborn limited to the hadith of Thawban, or are there other hadiths such as the hadith of Ibn Abbas mentioned in Imam Ahmad's Musnad? Is it correct to understand that determining the sex of the newborn by resemblance depends on precedence, while it is determined by superiority? And does the superiority of one of the two fluids determine the sex when they combine, and determine the resemblance when they do not combine?

The proportion of fluid attributed to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah has not been found in his books. However, his student Ibn al-Qayyim attributed its content to him, while questioning the authenticity of the wording of Thawban's hadith regarding remembrance (idhkar) and feminization (inath), suggesting that the original question was about resemblance.

Ibn al-Qayyim and other scholars have mentioned a difference in understanding the hadiths that determine the gender of the fetus and its resemblance. Some linked resemblance to whoever's fluid preceded and gender to whoever's fluid dominated, while others reversed this. Modern medical science has provided evidence that can be used to clarify some of what is understood from these hadiths, but its conclusive indication cannot be asserted.