359 — Al-Firyābī informed us, saying: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shayba informed us, saying: Wakīʿ informed us, saying: Al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from ʿAbd Allāh, who said: The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—narrated to us, and he is the truthful one whose truthfulness is affirmed:

“Indeed, the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty nights. He then becomes a clinging clot for a similar period, then a lump of flesh for a similar period. Allah then sends the angel to him, who is commanded regarding four matters: his deeds, his provision, his lifespan, and whether he will be wretched or blessed. The soul is then breathed into him.”

He then related the hadith to its end. ⦗779⦘

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn said: The hadith of Ibn Masʿūd has numerous chains of transmission.