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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Marriage (Nikah)

Chapter on the Virtue of Children

374. hadíth

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقاً جَمَعَ كُلَّ صُورَةٍ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ آدَمَ ثُمَّ خَلَقَهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدٌ لِوَلَدِهِ هَذَا لاَ يُشْبِهُنِي وَ لاَ يُشْبِهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ آبَائِي".

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "When Allah (swt), the Blessed and Exalted, wills to create a being, He (swt) gathers every form between him and Adam (a.s), then creates him in the image of one of them. Therefore, no one should say about his child, 'This one does not resemble me or any of my ancestors.'"

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