(Imām Bukhārī narrates): Musaddad narrated to us, he said: Hammad narrated to us, from Ubaidullah bin Abi Bakr, from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (may Allāh be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, he said:

Indeed, Allāh, Mighty and Sublime, has appointed an angel over the womb, who says: O my Lord! A drop of semen; O my Lord! A clot of blood; O my Lord! A lump of flesh. Then when Allāh intends to create it, the angel asks: Male or female? Wretched or fortunate? What is its provision? And what is the duration of its life? Then all this is written while it is in its mother's womb.