Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ يَرْفَعُ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ وَكَّلَ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ أَيْ رَبِّ مُضْغَةٌ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ خَلْقَهَا قَالَ يَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ ذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى شَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ فَمَا الرِّزْقُ فَمَا الْأَجَلُ قَالَ فَيُكْتَبُ كَذَلِكَ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ.
English Translation
Yunus narrated to us: Hammad—that is, ibn Zayd—narrated to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Bakr informed us, from his grandfather Anas ibn Malik, raising the hadith [to the Prophet], who said: "Allah, Mighty and Sublime, has appointed an angel over the womb, who says: 'O Lord, a drop; O Lord, a clot; O Lord, a lump of flesh.' And when Allah, Mighty and Sublime, wishes to decree its creation, He says: 'O Lord, male or female? Wretched or blessed? What is its provision? What is its term?'" He said: So it is written thus while it is in its mother's womb. Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us: Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us: 'Ubaydullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Anas narrated to us, from Anas, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, similarly.