Ahadith ensoulment 120 days

Question:

As far as I know all madhahib say 120 days until the ensoulment, even if there are some scholars that say 40 days for it.
But then I got posted a link where all ahadith would say 120?

Answer:

The link states “There is not a single sound (sahih) or hasan hadith stating clearly that the spirit is blown into the fetus four months after the pregnancy.” This is clearly inaccurate in light of the explicit hadith to that effect in Bukhari and Muslim from Ibn Mas`ud (r):

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ الصَّادِقُ الْمَصْدُوقُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يُجْمَعُ خَلْقُهُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِي ذَلِكَ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يُرْسَلُ الْمَلَكُ فَيَنْفُخُ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ الحديث. متفق عليه.

For every one of you, the components of his creation are gathered to­gether in the mother’s womb for a period of forty days. Then he will remain for two more periods of the same length, after which the angel is sent and insufflates the spirit into him….

And Allah knows best.

Hajj Gibril Haddad

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