1048—Ja‘far ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Ya‘qub informed us; he said: Muhammad ibn Harun al-Ruyani informed us; he said: ‘Amr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; he said: Abu Dawud narrated to us; he said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us.

1049—And Ahmad ibn ‘Ubayd informed us; he said: ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Mubashshir informed us; he said: Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us; he said: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us; he said: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us; he said: ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Anas narrated to us, from Anas, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said:

“Allah has entrusted an angel with the womb. He says, ‘My Lord, a drop of fluid; my Lord, a clinging clot; my Lord, a morsel of flesh.’ ⦗656⦘ Then, when He wills to decree its creation, he says, ‘My Lord, male or female? Wretched or blessed? What will its provision be? And what will its lifespan be?’ Thus, all of that is written while it is still in its mother’s womb.”

Al-Bukhari and Muslim recorded it through Hammad ibn Zayd’s narration.