3/8. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 315b — Afterlife Transmission
Description of the (fluid) of the man and the woman; the child is created from the water of both of them
Minor-Wording Report on Paradise Food and the Child
Sahih Muslim : 315b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 315b
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 .
Mu'awyia b. Salim Narrated from:
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 315bIn-book reference : Book 3, Hadith 39USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 3, Hadith 615
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 315b
This report is a shorter transmission note for the long hadith before it. It says the tradition was narrated through the same chain, with some small wording changes. Instead of saying Thauban was standing beside the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم, this version says he was sitting beside him. It also mentions the wording related to the caul of fish liver and the terms used about male and female formation. The core topic remains the same: questions about the Day of Judgment, Paradise food and drink, and the child. For readers searching Sahih Muslim 315b explanation, the key is that this narration does not create a new story. It preserves the same report with minor differences in wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- This report carries the same main tradition with small wording changes.
- It changes standing beside the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to sitting beside him.
- It keeps the topic of Paradise food and the child within the same report.
- The narration should be read as a variant wording, not a separate event.
