حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَإِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ کِلَاهُمَا عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ح و حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَی بْنُ يُونُسَ ح و حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ ح و حَدَّثَنَاه عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ کُلُّهُمْ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ وَکِيعٍ إِنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِکُمْ يُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً و قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَأَمَّا فِي حَدِيثِ جَرِيرٍ وَعِيسَی أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6724
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Waki' (the words are): The creation of any one of you is like this that (semen) is collected in the womb of the mother for forty nights, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba (the words are): Forty nights and forty days. And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Jarir and 'Isa (the words are): Forty days.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020