The birth of a soul
in Spirituality ·
If my memory serves me correctly, I recall reading somewhere that a child receives their soul during the third or fourth month of gestation. This interpretation seems to be based on this particular hadith from Allah's messenger:
Abdullah sin Mes tells us: "The Messenger of Allah—who speaks only the truth and is worthy of all trust—said: 'The formation of a human being in his mother's womb lasts forty days, followed by an equal period of time as an "'alaka," then another equal period as a "mudgha," after which Allah, may He be glorified, sends an angel to breathe the soul into him;......
Abdullah sin Mes tells us: "The Messenger of Allah—who speaks only the truth and is worthy of all trust—said: 'The formation of a human being in his mother's womb lasts forty days, followed by an equal period of time as an "'alaka," then another equal period as a "mudgha," after which Allah, may He be glorified, sends an angel to breathe the soul into him;......