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[6726] 3 - (2645) 'Āmir bin Wāthilah narrated that he heard 'Abdullāh bin Mas'ūd say (explaining the Hadīth no. 6725) : "The miserable one is the one who is miserable in his mother's womb, and the happy one is the one who learns lessons from (the end of) others."
He ('Āmir bin Wāthilah) went to a man among the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ who was called Hudhaifah bin Asīd Al-Ghifārī, and told him what Ibn Mas'ūd had said and asked: "How can a man (Hudhaifah) be in a state of misery without having done anything?" The man said to him: "Are you surprised by that? I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'When forty-two nights have passed for the Nutfah (sperm drop), Allāh sends an angel to it,
and he gives it its shape and creates its hearing, sight, skin, flesh and bones. Then he says: 'O Lord, male or female?' Your Lord decrees whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'O Lord, his lifespan?' Your Lord says whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then he says: 'O Lord, his provision?' Your Lord decrees whatever He wills, and the angel writes it down. Then the angel departs with the page in his hand, and he does not add or take away anything, therefrom"
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