[His saying, the Exalted: "And You bring the living out of the dead."]

[The First Aspect]

3360 - My father narrated to us, Nu'aym b. Hammad reported to us, Ibn al-Mubarak informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from 'Ubayd Allah b. 'Abd Allah, that Khalidah bint al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, while he was with some of his wives. He said: "Who is this?" It was said: "One of your aunts, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "My aunts in this town are indeed strangers, so who is she?" It was said: "Khalidah bint al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth." He said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! He brings the living out of the dead."

3361 - Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Mus'ab al-Suri narrated to us, Mu'ammal reported to us, Hammad b. Salamah and Sufyan al-Thawri reported to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi, from Salman, who said: 'Umar said: "You bring the living out of the dead: the believer out of the disbeliever."

3362 - And al-Hasan b. Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, entered upon some of his wives and there was a woman of good appearance. He said: "Who is this?" She said: "Khalidah bint al-Aswad b. 'Abd Yaghuth." He said: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah)! He brings the living out of the dead." She was a righteous woman, and her father was a disbeliever. Abu Muhammad said: Something similar to the statement of Salman was narrated from al-Hasan.

[The Second Aspect]

3363 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: 'Ubayd Allah reported to us, from Isra'il, from al-Suddi, from what he narrated from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "You bring the living out of the dead," he said: He brings forth a human being from a nutfah (drop of fluid).

3364 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Salamah b. Raja' reported to us, from al-A'mash, from Ibrahim, from 'Abd Allah regarding His saying: "You bring the living out of the dead," he said: He brings the living man out of the dead nutfah. Abu Muhammad said: Something similar was narrated from Sa'id b. Jubayr, Mujahid, al-Nakha'i, Qatadah, and al-Dahhak.