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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 1535 — he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ ، قَالَ : نَا مُقَدَّمٌ قَالَ : نَا عَمِّي الْقَاسِمُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ . عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- يَقُولُ : إِذَا وَقَعَتِ النُّطْفَةُ فِي الرَّحِمِ ، فَأَتَى عَلَيْهَا أَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً ، جَاءَهَا الْمَلَكُ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَبِّ ، أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ فَيُمْلِي الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ . فَيَقُولُ : مَا رِزْقُهُ ؟ وَمَا عُمْرُهُ ؟ فَيُمْلِي الرَّبُّ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ . وَيَقُولُ : أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ ؟ فَيُمْلِي الرَّبُّ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ . ثُمَّ يَطْوِي الصَّحِيفَةَ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "When the drop of semen settles in the womb and forty nights pass over it, the angel comes to it and says: 'O my Lord, is it male or female?' So the Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, dictates, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'What is its provision? And what is its lifespan?' The Lord of the worlds dictates, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'Is it wretched or blessed?' The Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, dictates, and the angel writes it down; then he rolls up the scroll."
