Sahih Muslim Book - 46, Hadith - 6726

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَكِّيِّ ، أَنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ وَاثِلَةَ ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ، يَقُولُ : الشَّقِيُّ مَنْ شَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَالسَّعِيدُ مَنْ وُعِظَ بِغَيْرِهِ ، فَأَتَى رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهُ : حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ أَسِيدٍ الْغِفَارِيُّ ، فَحَدَّثَهُ بِذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ : وَكَيْفَ يَشْقَى رَجُلٌ بِغَيْرِ عَمَلٍ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ : أَتَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : إِذَا مَرَّ بِالنُّطْفَةِ ثِنْتَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً ، بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا مَلَكًا ، فَصَوَّرَهَا وَخَلَقَ سَمْعَهَا وَبَصَرَهَا وَجِلْدَهَا وَلَحْمَهَا وَعِظَامَهَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ فَيَقْضِي رَبُّكَ مَا شَاءَ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ أَجَلُهُ ، فَيَقُولُ رَبُّكَ مَا شَاءَ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ : يَا رَبِّ رِزْقُهُ ، فَيَقْضِي رَبُّكَ مَا شَاءَ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الْمَلَكُ بِالصَّحِيفَةِ فِي يَدِهِ ، فَلاَ يَزِيدُ عَلَى مَا أُمِرَ وَلاَ يَنْقُصُ.

'Amir bin Wathilah narrated that he heard 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud say (explaining the Hadith no. 6725) : "The miserable one is the one who is miserable in his mother's womb, and the happy one is the one who learns lessons from (the end of) others." He ('Amir bin Wathilah) went to a man among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) who was called Hudhaifah bin Asid Al-Ghifari, and told him what Ibn Mas'ud had said and asked: "How can a man (Hudhaifah) be in a state of misery without having done anything?" The man said to him: "Are you surprised by that? I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: 'When forty-two nights have passed for the Nutfah (sperm drop), Allah sends an angel to it, and he gives it its shape and creates its hearing, sight, skin, flesh and bones. Then he says: 'O Lord, male or female?' Your Lord decrees whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'O Lord, his lifespan?' Your Lord says whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'O Lord, his provision?' Your Lord decrees whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then the angel departs with the page in his hand, and he does not add or take away anything. therefrom"