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Sahih Muslim 2645c

Chapter: How The Human Being Is Created, In His Mother's Womb, And His Provision, Lifespan And Deeds Are Written Down, And His Misery and Happiness

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2645c

Narrator:Hudhayfa ibn Asīd al-Ghifārī

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ، أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنَ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي سَرِيحَةَ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ الْغِفَارِيِّ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِأُذُنَىَّ هَاتَيْنِ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ إِنَّ

النُّطْفَةَ تَقَعُ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَكُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ الَّذِي يَخْلُقُهَا ‏"‏ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَسَوِيٌّ أَوْ غَيْرُ سَوِيٍّ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ سَوِيًّا أَوْ غَيْرَ سَوِيٍّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا رِزْقُهُ مَا أَجَلُهُ مَا خُلُقُهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ شَقِيًّا أَوْ سَعِيدًا ‏"

Abu Tufail reported:

I visited Abu Sariha Hudhaifa b. Usaid al-Ghifari who said: I listened with these two ears of mine Allahs Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The semen stays in the womb for forty nights, then the angel, gives it a shape. Zubair said: I think that he said: One who fashions that and decides whether he would be male or female. Then he (the angel) says: Would his limbs be full or imperfect? And then the Lord makes thein full and perfect or otherwise as He desires. Then he says: My Lord, what about his livelihood, and his death and what about his disposition? And then the Lord decides about his misfortune and fortune.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2645c).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله : ( دَخَلْت عَلَى أَبِي سَرِيحَة ) هُوَ بِفَتْحِ السِّين الْمُهْمَلَة وَكَسْر الرَّاء وَبِالْحَاءِ الْمُهْمَلَة. قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( إِنَّ النُّطْفَة تَقَع فِي الرَّحِم أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَة ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّر عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَك ) هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي جَمِيع نُسَخ بِلَادنَا ( يَتَصَوَّر ) بِالصَّادَّةِ وَذَكَرَ الْقَاضِي ( يَتَسَوَّر ) بِالسِّينِ. قَالَ : وَالْمُرَاد بِيَتَسَوَّرُ يَنْزِل , وَهُوَ اِسْتِعَارَة مِنْ تَسَوَّرْت الدَّار إِذَا نَزَلْت فِيهَا مِنْ أَعْلَاهَا , وَلَا يَكُون التَّسَوُّر إِلَّا مِنْ فَوْق , فَيَحْتَمِل أَنْ تَكُون الصَّاد الْوَاقِعَة فِي نُسَخ بِلَادنَا مُبَدَّلَة مِنْ السِّين. وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم.…

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  • القضاء والقدر للبيهقي (61)النُّطْفَةَ تَقَعُ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَكُ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ : حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ : الَّذِي يُخَلِّقُهَا فَيَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى ، فَيَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ ، أَسَوِيٌّ أَوْ غَيْرُ سَوِيٍّ ؟ فَي
  • معرفة الصحابة لأبي نعيم (1760)النُّطْفَةَ تَقَعُ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَكُ

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