حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو کَامِلٍ فُضَيْلُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَحْدَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَکْرٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ وَرَفَعَ الْحَدِيثَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ وَکَّلَ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَکًا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقًا قَالَ قَالَ الْمَلَکُ أَيْ رَبِّ ذَکَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَی شَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الْأَجَلُ فَيُکْتَبُ کَذَلِکَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6730
Anas b. Malik reported directly from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that he said: Allah, the Exlated and Glorious, has appointed an angel as the caretaker of the womb, and he would say: My Lord, it is now a drop of semen; my Lord, It is now a clot of blood; my Lord, it has now become a lump of flesh, and when Allah decides to give it a final shape, the angel says: My Lord, would it be male or female or would he be an evil or a good person? What about his livelihood and his age? And it is all written as he is in the womb of his mother.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020