What is the meaning of: “The angel enters the nutfah after it has settled”?
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Question:
After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers, asking and saying: I am Abdulrahman al-Ruwaybi from the Eastern Region. I ask your Eminence about the intended meaning of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he says:Sahih Muslim 2644 I hope you will clarify what is meant by “wretched” or “happy.” Is that in the Hereafter, or in this world?
Answer:
This hadith is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid al-Ghifari. Some scholars have mentioned that this occurs in some fetuses. The primary basis is the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud that the writing takes place in the first month, in the first of the fourth stage, once three stages have passed: forty, forty, and forty, meaning four months. The angel comes to it and says: “O my Lord! What is its provision? What is its lifespan? Is it wretched or happy?” All of this is written after the passage of the three stages, meaning in the first month of the fifth month. This is what is preserved in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him). As for what came in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid al-Ghifari that this occurs after the passage of forty or forty-five nights, that is likely in some fetuses, in order to reconcile the two hadiths. Perhaps this applies to some fetuses regarding the reconciliation of the two hadiths, and that some fetuses are written for when forty or forty-five nights have passed for them. There is no contradiction or conflict with the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. This is a matter about which he asks—if you would be so kind, O Shaykh—he says: What is the intended meaning of “wretched” or “happy”? Is it in the Hereafter, or in this world?
The Shaykh : ... Wretched in this world, or happy in this world in relation to the Hereafter. If one is wretched, it means: in the Hereafter. One is in a state of wretchedness in the Hereafter, which manifests in this world. If one is wretched in this world, he acts with the actions of the wretched, and he becomes wretched in the Hereafter. And if one is happy in this world, he acts in obedience to Allah, and he becomes happy in the Hereafter, because the Hereafter is built upon this world.
The presenter : Allah is the One to be sought for help. It is as if this world is a farm for the Hereafter, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you. What is the intended meaning of this wretchedness, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Wretchedness means that he is among the people of the Fire, meaning that all his deeds harm him, and that he is among the people of the Fire, not among the people of Paradise. And the happy one is the one who is guided to the deeds of the people of Paradise through righteous deeds. May Allah make us and you among the happy ones.
The presenter : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers, asking and saying: I am Abdulrahman al-Ruwaybi from the Eastern Region. I ask your Eminence about the intended meaning of the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which he says:
When the drop of (semen) remains in the womb for forty or forty five nights, the angel comes and says: My Lord, will he be good or evil? And both these things would be written. Then the angel says: My Lord, would he be male or female? And both these things are written. And his deeds and actions, his death, his livelihood; these are also recorded. Then his document of destiny is rolled and there is no addition to nor subtraction from it.
يدخل الملك على النطفة بعدما تستقر في الرحم بأربعين، أو خمسة وأربعين ليلة فيقول: يا رب! أشقي أو سعيد؟ أي رب! ذكر أو أثنى؟ فيكتبان، ويكتب عمله، وأثره، وأجله، ورزقه، ثم تطوى الصحف؛ فلا يزاد فيها ولا ينقصAnswer:
This hadith is established in Sahih Muslim from the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid al-Ghifari. Some scholars have mentioned that this occurs in some fetuses. The primary basis is the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud that the writing takes place in the first month, in the first of the fourth stage, once three stages have passed: forty, forty, and forty, meaning four months. The angel comes to it and says: “O my Lord! What is its provision? What is its lifespan? Is it wretched or happy?” All of this is written after the passage of the three stages, meaning in the first month of the fifth month. This is what is preserved in the two Sahihs from the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him). As for what came in the hadith of Hudhayfah ibn Asid al-Ghifari that this occurs after the passage of forty or forty-five nights, that is likely in some fetuses, in order to reconcile the two hadiths. Perhaps this applies to some fetuses regarding the reconciliation of the two hadiths, and that some fetuses are written for when forty or forty-five nights have passed for them. There is no contradiction or conflict with the hadith of Ibn Mas’ud. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. This is a matter about which he asks—if you would be so kind, O Shaykh—he says: What is the intended meaning of “wretched” or “happy”? Is it in the Hereafter, or in this world?
The Shaykh : ... Wretched in this world, or happy in this world in relation to the Hereafter. If one is wretched, it means: in the Hereafter. One is in a state of wretchedness in the Hereafter, which manifests in this world. If one is wretched in this world, he acts with the actions of the wretched, and he becomes wretched in the Hereafter. And if one is happy in this world, he acts in obedience to Allah, and he becomes happy in the Hereafter, because the Hereafter is built upon this world.
The presenter : Allah is the One to be sought for help. It is as if this world is a farm for the Hereafter, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you. What is the intended meaning of this wretchedness, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Wretchedness means that he is among the people of the Fire, meaning that all his deeds harm him, and that he is among the people of the Fire, not among the people of Paradise. And the happy one is the one who is guided to the deeds of the people of Paradise through righteous deeds. May Allah make us and you among the happy ones.
The presenter : O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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