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Hadees 4 of 4040 Hadith of Imam NawawiSahih

Nawawi 4 — Creation in the Womb & the Decree

تم میں سے ہر ایک کی خلقت ماں کے پیٹ میں چالیس دن جمع رہتی ہے — پھر روح پھونکی جاتی ہے اور چار باتیں لکھ دی جاتی ہیں: رزق، عمر، عمل اور انجام۔

Each of you is gathered in his mother’s womb forty days (as a drop, then a clot, then flesh) — then the soul is breathed and four words decreed: provision, lifespan, deeds, and end (opening words).

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Arabic

إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا


Transliteration

Inna ahadakum yujma’u khalquhu fi batni ummihi arba’ina yawman.


Meaning

Each of you is gathered in his mother’s womb forty days (as a drop, then a clot, then flesh) — then the soul is breathed and four words decreed: provision, lifespan, deeds, and end (opening words). | Urdu: تم میں سے ہر ایک کی خلقت ماں کے پیٹ میں چالیس دن جمع رہتی ہے — پھر روح پھونکی جاتی ہے اور چار باتیں لکھ دی جاتی ہیں: رزق، عمر، عمل اور انجام۔


Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim


Lesson

Strive without anxiety: provision and end are written, yet deeds decide how the story reads — decree fuels effort, never excuses it.

Source & grade

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud

Sahih40 Hadith of Nawawi

From: Al-Arba’in al-Nawawiyyah (Imam Yahya al-Nawawi) • Hadees 4 of 40 • Verify wording with a teacher; rulings differ — consult scholars.

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What does "إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا" mean?

Each of you is gathered in his mother’s womb forty days (as a drop, then a clot, then flesh) — then the soul is breathed and four words decreed: provision, lifespan, deeds, and end (opening words). Urdu: تم میں سے ہر ایک کی خلقت ماں کے پیٹ میں چالیس دن جمع رہتی ہے — پھر روح پھونکی جاتی ہے اور چار باتیں لکھ دی جاتی ہیں: رزق، عمر، عمل اور انجام۔

What is the lesson of this hadees?

Strive without anxiety: provision and end are written, yet deeds decide how the story reads — decree fuels effort, never excuses it.

Where is this hadees from?

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim (narrated by Abdullah ibn Masud). Grade: Sahih. From: Al-Arba’in al-Nawawiyyah (Imam Yahya al-Nawawi). Learn wording from a teacher; consult scholars for rulings.

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