Is "woman's maniyy" in the hadith meant to refer to "the man's maniyy that carries the X chromosome" for determining the sex of the fetus, considering that other ahadith refer to the woman's fluid as "woman's water"? And is there any jurisprudential or linguistic interpretation that supports this?
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The summary of the previous is that the of Thawban does not indicate that a woman's semen is a primary cause in determining the sex of the fetus. Rather, it indicates that it has an influence, and this does not negate that a man's semen is the true determinant of the fetus's sex. The influence of a woman's semen lies in selecting either the male or female sperm from the man's semen. Some scholars have mentioned that there is a question regarding the wording of Thawban's hadith, and that what is preserved are the hadiths about the cause of resemblance, not about determining the sex of the fetus.
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