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What is the ruling on using a card that determines the gender of the fetus based on months of pregnancy in Islamic Sharia?

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We do not know what you mean by "the card." If it is similar to the practices of fortune-tellers and astrologers who link days, months, and people's names to their influence on creation, or if it is a means of knowing the unseen, then this is forbidden polytheism (shirk). However, if it is a permissible and legitimate means, such as a scientific method for determining the sex of the fetus, then there is no objection to that.

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