Hadith 23974

Chapter 8

باب 8

(8) باب بَيَانِ صِفَةِ مَنِيِّ الرَّجُلِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ وَأَنَّ الْوَلَدَ مَخْلُوقٌ مِنْ مَائِهِمَا

(8) Chapter: Description of the (fluid) of the man and the woman; the child is created from the water of both of them
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وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّارِمِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلاَّمٍ، فِي هَذَا الإِسْنَادِ بِمِثْلِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِدًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ زَائِدَةُ كَبِدِ النُّونِ . وَقَالَ أَذْكَرَ وَآنَثَ . وَلَمْ يَقُلْ أَذْكَرَا وَآنَثَا .

This tradition has been narrated by Mu'awyia b. Salim with the same chain of transmitters except for the words:
I was sitting beside the Messenger of Allah" and some other minor alterations.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 315 b

In-book reference: Book 3, Hadith 39

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 3, Hadith 615