{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_553.htm","path":"isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_553.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/bukhari/bh4/bh4_553.htm","text":"Narrated Anas bin Malik:\nThe Prophet said, \"Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A male or a female? O Lord! wretched or blessed (in religion)? What will his livelihood be? What will his age be?' The angel writes all this while the child is in the womb of its mother.\"","title":"4:550: Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the ...","type":"page"}