Hadith #44
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ وَوَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ
الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ فِي أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا أَوْ قَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ وَكِيعٌ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَكَ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ عَمَلُهُ وَأَجَلُهُ وَرِزْقُهُ وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ فَوَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيُخْتَمُ لَهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابُ فَيُخْتَمُ لَهُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Yahya and Waki', from al-A'mash, from Zayd ibn Wahb — that 'Abdullah said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — the truthful, the confirmed [al-sadiq al-masduq] — narrated to us: Indeed, one of you has his creation gathered in his mother's womb for forty days — or he said: forty nights (Waki' says: nights) — then it becomes a clot for the same period, then a lump of flesh for the same period. Then Allah (عز وجل) sends to it the angel with four words: his deeds, his lifespan, his provision, and [whether he is] wretched or happy. Then the soul is blown into it. By the One other than whom there is no god, one of you may work with the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit, yet the decree overtakes him and he ends [his life] with the deeds of the people of the Fire and becomes of its people. And one of you may work with the deeds of the people of the Fire until there is nothing between him and it but a cubit, yet the decree overtakes him and he ends [his life] with the deeds of the people of Paradise and becomes of its people.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 44
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3882
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40272