Can i still pray knowing i have a baby girl
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Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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Asalam O Alaikum brother
Allahm dulilah i am a mother of two baby girls
an now i am expecting athird one MashaAllah...
As u know our traditon everyone was expecting
a baby boy ...Allham dullilah we trying to learn some knowledge of Islam and
taking very regular classes of tafseer ..soo after that i never had this
problem which i am going right now..
i always thought i am not going to find out the sex of the baby will keep it a
suspense
but when i wnet to the dr i couldnt resisi and
asked her and she told me may be a baby girl MashaAllah at taht i was very much
normal and thanked God as my two elder kids walsays wanted a sis..not a bro but
as the time is passing by i feel i cannot take this ,....now my question uis
Can i still pray knowing i have a baby girl
may God deliver her in best of her health that Allah give me a healthy baby
boy......bcoz i just asked one of my friend she siad u know u can never rely on
these ultrasound machines...and u keep on parying til the baby is in ur
hands..inshaallah..bcoz Allah has given us permission to ask his mercy now u
tell me what to do may be i wil be okay in a day ortwos time but i realy wanted
to know if i can stiil pray for a baby boy and what dua should i read ???
please help me in this matter and hide my name n email add...as my most of the
family visits
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Answer:
Dua for boy
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: Can i still pray knowing i have a baby girl
may God deliver her in best of her health that Allah give me a healthy baby
boy......bcoz i just asked one of my friend she siad u know u can never rely on
these ultrasound machines...and u keep on parying til the baby is in ur
hands..inshaallah..bcoz Allah has given us permission to ask his mercy now u
tell me what to do
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42 Surah
Shuraa verses 49-50:
49 To Allah belongs the dominion of the
heavens and the earth. He creates what
He wills (and plans). He bestows
(children) male or female according to His Will (and Plan).
50 Or He bestows both males and females, and
He leaves barren whom He will: for He is Full of Knowledge and Power.
Dear and Beloved Sister, Allah blesses with children, male
and/or female, whomever He Wills and leaves barren whomever He Wills; these are
amongst the Decrees of Allah Subhanah, and the Decrees of Allah Subhanah can
never be changed or altered.
There is a slight possibility that the doctor could have
erred in his determination of the sex of the un-born child, thus unless and
until you have actually delivered the baby there is absolutely no harm in
imploring Allah Subhanah to provide for you whatever your heart desires. It is only natural that after being blessed
with two daughters through the Mercy of Allah, one would wish to have a boy in
the family, and there is absolutely no harm in supplicating Allah Subhanah for
a baby boy.
But when the mother delivers what the Lord Most Merciful
has Decreed for her to deliver, one should be content, satisfied, and grateful
at the gift and bounty of Allah Subhanah, and continue their supplication that
He bless them with a boy in the family the next time, Insha Allah.
My beloved sister, although it is only natural for one who
has been blessed with two daughters to seek to have a baby boy born in the
family, I would just like to relate a beautiful narration from the Messenger of
Allah (saws) whose words are so beautiful and so encouraging that every
believing parent would wish that they were blessed with daughters!
Sunan of Abu-DawoodH adith 5128 Narrated by Abu Sa'id al-Khudri
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘If one cares for
three daughters, disciplines them, marries them (properly), and does good to
them, he will go to
If Allah Subhanah blesses one amongst His believing slaves
with three daughters, one should love and nuture them well, for it may be that
they might be the source of their entry into the everlasting and eternal Gardens
of Paradise in the Hereafter.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister