We said, "Messenger of Allah, we used to practice withdrawal, but the Jews claim that this is the lesser form of burying daughters alive."He replied, "The Jews have lied. If Allah wills to create something, nothing can prevent Him."
حدثنا محمد بن عبد الملك بن أبي الشوارب حدثنا يزيد بن زريع حدثنا معمر عن يحيى بن أبي كثير عن محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن ثوبان
قلنا يا رسول الله إنا كنا نعزل فزعمت اليهود أنها الموءودة الصغرى فقال كذبت اليهود إن الله إذا أراد أن يخلقه فلم يمنعه
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[Its chain is daif]Nasai also narrated it in Sunan al-Kubra, no. 9078, from the hadith of Muammar, with the same chain. Yahya bin Abu Kathir is a mudallis narrator who reports with "an" phrasing.On this subject there are also narrations from Umar [Ibn Majah, no. 1928], Bara [I did not find it], Abu Hurairah [Nasai in Sunan al-Kubra, no. 9090], and Abu Saeed [Bukhari, no. 5210, and Muslim, no. 438].