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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 1717 — the Messenger of Allah ﷺ narrated to us
وَبِهِ : عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ : نَا رَسُولُ اللهِ -صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ : إِنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِكُمْ يُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِيهِ الْمَلَكُ ، فَيَقُولُ : رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى ؟ أَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ ؟ وَمَا الرِّزْقُ ؟ وَمَا الْأَجَلُ ؟ فَيَقْضِي رَبُّكَ ، وَيَكْتُبُ الْمَلَكُ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) narrated to us, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) is the truthful and the one confirmed as truthful: "Indeed, the creation of each one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty nights; then for a similar period he is an 'alaqah (a clinging clot); then for a similar period he is a mudghah (a lump of flesh). Then the angel comes to him and says: 'O my Lord, is it male or female? Is it wretched or fortunate? What is its provision? And what is its term (the time of death)?' Then your Lord decrees, and the angel writes it down."
