{"id":22724,"date":"2019-01-29T08:54:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=22724"},"modified":"2024-11-22T16:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:27:37","slug":"boy-or-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/boy-or-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy or girl?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22724\" class=\"elementor elementor-22724 elementor-2296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-667e322 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"667e322\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67c4711\" data-id=\"67c4711\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae2adc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae2adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For some time, he had noticed signs of pregnancy in his wife. Therefore, he became curious about the gender of their child.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">He himself hoped for a son, and after nine months of pregnancy, his wife gave birth to a healthy boy. He then took pen and paper to write a letter to Imam Hadi (peace be upon him):<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the name of God<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">From Yahya bin Zakariya to Abu al-Hasan Ali bin Muhammad al-Hadi<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Peace be upon you,<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">If possible, please pray to God to grant us a son.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In response to Yahya bin Zakariya\u2019s letter, Imam Hadi (peace be upon him) wrote: &#8220;Perhaps a daughter may be better than a son.&#8221;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">After some time, Yahya\u2019s wife gave birth to a daughter.[1]<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Through this response, Imam Hadi (peace be upon him) made it clear to Yahya that the gender of the child is not what matters; it is God\u2019s will and the fate He has decreed. As He Himself says in the Quran: &#8220;God knows what each pregnant woman carries&#8221; [2]. 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