892 - Al-Hasan ibn 'Arafah informed us, saying: Abu Hudhayfah al-Nahdi, Musa ibn Mas'ud, narrated to me, saying: Al-Haytham ibn Jahannam narrated to us, from 'Asim ibn Bahdalah, from Abu Wa'il, from Ibn Mas'ud, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When the seminal drop settles in the womb, it reaches every hair and skin. Then it is a drop for forty nights, then it is a clot for forty nights, then it is a lump of flesh for forty nights, then it is bones for forty nights. Then Allah clothes the bone with flesh, and the angel says: 'O Lord, is he wretched or blessed? O Lord, is he male or female?' So Allah decrees, and the angel writes. Then he says: 'O Lord, is he wretched or blessed?' So Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, decrees, and the angel writes. Then he says: 'O Lord, what is his appointed term and his provision?' So Allah decrees, and the angel writes. Yet you hang amulets upon your children."