How can one reconcile the Hadith which mentions that the gender of the newborn is determined by whether the man's or woman's fluid precedes, with the modern scientific fact that sperm and ovum determine genetic characteristics, and that the precedence of fluid has no relation to determining the gender of the fetus?

Contemporary scholars have differed in interpreting the hadiths related to determining the sex of the fetus, but most of them and doctors believe that the man is primarily responsible for determining the sex of the newborn, and that the woman's role is secondary.

Some scholars have argued that the role attributed to the woman in the hadith (definition) is an illusion on the part of the narrators, and that the hadith correctly pertains to resemblance, not to determining masculinity or femininity.

Others, however, believe that the hadith is authentic, and that the superiority of the woman's fluid contributes to the newborn being female, but it does not negate the fundamental role of the man's fluid, as the woman prepares the conditions for receiving the sperm.

A recent trend has emerged that makes the responsibility shared, based on the electrical properties of the egg and sperm.

The closest opinion is that the man's fluid is responsible for determining the sex of the fetus, and that the superiority of the woman's fluid does not negate this responsibility, with the need for additional scientific studies.