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When is the Rooh(soul) blown into the foetus?

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A certain aalim mentioned in a bayaan that after 120 days the rooh is blown in the foetus,after the bayan an arab brother approached the aalim and told him that he had heard from an arab sheikh that after 40 days this procedure takes place.plz comment

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
 
The blowing of the rooh (soul) into the foetus has been mentioned in a number of Ahadith,
حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ المَصْدُوقُ، قَالَ: " إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللَّهُ مَلَكًا فَيُؤْمَرُ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ، وَيُقَالُ لَهُ: اكْتُبْ عَمَلَهُ، وَرِزْقَهُ، وَأَجَلَهُ، وَشَقِيٌّ أَوْ سَعِيدٌ، ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحُ، فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الجَنَّةِ إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابُهُ، فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، وَيَعْمَلُ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ النَّارِ إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، فَيَسْبِقُ عَلَيْهِ الكِتَابُ، فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the true and truly inspired said, "(The matter of the Creation of) a human being is put together in the womb of the mother in forty days, and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things. He is ordered to write down his (i.e. the new creature's) deeds, his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be blessed or wretched (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into him. So, a man amongst you may do (good deeds till there is only a cubit between him and Paradise and then what has been written for him decides his behavior and he starts doing (evil) deeds characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire. And similarly a man amongst you may do (evil) deeds till there is only a cubit between him and the (Hell) Fire, and then what has been written for him decides his behavior, and he starts doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise." Sahih al-Bukhari 3208
In the above mentioned Hadith, it states that the Rooh is blown into the fetus after 120 days. However there are other Ahadith that state the Rooh is entered after 40 days,
‏ إِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ تَقَعُ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ يَتَصَوَّرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمَلَكُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ زُهَيْرٌ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ الَّذِي يَخْلُقُهَا ‏"‏ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَذَكَرٌ أَوْ أُنْثَى فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ ذَكَرًا أَوْ أُنْثَى ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَسَوِيٌّ أَوْ غَيْرُ سَوِيٍّ فَيَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ سَوِيًّا أَوْ غَيْرَ سَوِيٍّ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ مَا رِزْقُهُ مَا أَجَلُهُ مَا خُلُقُهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ اللَّهُ شَقِيًّا أَوْ سَعِيدًا ‏"‏
Usaid al-Ghifari (Radiallahu Anhu) said: I listened with these two ears of mine Allahs Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The semen stays in the womb for forty nights, then the angel, gives it a shape. Zubair said: I think that he said: One who fashions that and decides whether he would be male or female. Then he (the angel) says: Would his limbs be full or imperfect? And then the Lord makes thein full and perfect or otherwise as He desires. Then he says: My Lord, what about his livelihood, and his death and what about his disposition? And then the Lord decides about his misfortune and fortune. (Sahih Muslim 2645)
However, the Fuqahaa (jurists) have agreed that the actual time of the Rooh being blown into the foetus is after 120 days.[1]
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شرح النووي على مسلم (16/ 191)

وَذَلِكَ إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ فِي الْأَرْبَعِينَ الثَّالِثَةِ وَهِيَ مُدَّةُ الْمُضْغَةِ وَقَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ هَذِهِ الْأَرْبَعِينَ وَقَبْلَ نَفْخِ الرُّوحِ فِيهِ لِأَنَّ نَفْخِ الرُّوحِ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ تَمَامِ صُورَتِهِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ فِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَاتِ فَإِذَا مَرَّ بِالنُّطْفَةِ اثْنَتَانِ وَأَرْبَعُونَ لَيْلَةً بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهَا مَلَكًا فَصَوَّرَهَا وَخَلَقَ سَمْعَهَا وبصرها وجلدها ولحمها وعظامها ثم قال يارب أَذَكَرٌ أَمْ أُنْثَى فَيَقْضِي رَبُّكُ مَا شَاءَ ويكتب الملك ثم يقول يارب أجله فيقول ربك ماشاء ويكتب الملك وذكر رزقه فقال الْقَاضِي وَغَيْرُهُ لَيْسَ هُوَ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِ وَلَا يَصِحُّ حَمْلُهُ عَلَى ظَاهِرِهِ بَلِ الْمُرَادُ بِتَصْوِيرِهَا وَخَلْقُ سَمْعِهَا إِلَى آخِرِهِ أَنَّهُ يَكْتُبُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَفْعَلُهُ فِي وَقْتٍ آخَرَ لِأَنَّ التَّصْوِيرَ عَقِبَ الْأَرْبَعِينَ الْأُولَى غَيْرُ مَوْجُودٍ فِي الْعَادَةِ وَإِنَّمَا يَقَعُ فِي الْأَرْبَعِينَ الثَّالِثَةِ وَهِيَ مُدَّةُ الْمُضْغَةِ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سُلَالَةٍ مِنْ طِينٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ ثُمَّ خَلْقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فكسونا العظام لحما ثم يكون للملك فيه تصوير آخر وهووقت نَفْخِ الرُّوحِ عَقِبَ الْأَرْبَعِينَ الثَّالِثَةِ حِينَ يَكْمُلُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَاتَّفَقَ الْعُلَمَاءُ عَلَى أَنَّ نَفْخَ الرُّوحِ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ

 

فتح الباري لابن حجر (11/ 485)

وَقَالَ عِيَاضٌ اخْتَلَفَتْ أَلْفَاظُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فِي مَوَاضِعَ وَلَمْ يُخْتَلَفْ أَنَّ نَفْخَ الرُّوحِ فِيهِ بَعْدَ مِائَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا وَذَلِكَ تَمَامُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ وَدُخُولُهُ فِي الْخَامِسِ وَهَذَا مَوْجُودٌ بِالْمُشَاهَدَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ يُعَوَّلُ فِيمَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْأَحْكَامِ فِي الِاسْتِلْحَاقِ عِنْدَ التَّنَازُعِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ بِحَرَكَةِ الْجَنِينِ فِي الْجَوْفِ

 

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