Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters
4656 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى اِمْرَأَةٍ فَرَفَعَ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى اَلسَّمَاءِ أَوْ غَمَّضَ بَصَرَهُ لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ بَصَرُهُ حَتَّى يُزَوِّجَهُ اَللَّهُ مِنَ اَلْحُورِ اَلْعِينِ".
Hadith.4656 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever looks at a woman and then raises his gaze to the sky or lowers his eyes, his sight will not return to him until Allah (swt) marries him to a heavenly maiden (Hoor al-Ayn)."
4657 - وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ: "لَمْ يَرْتَدَّ إِلَيْهِ طَرْفُهُ حَتَّى يُعْقِبَهُ اَللَّهُ إِيمَاناً يَجِدُ طَعْمَهُ".
Hadith.4657 - And in another narration: "His gaze will not return to him until Allah (swt) grants him faith, the sweetness of which he will experience."
4658 - قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "أَوَّلُ اَلنَّظْرَةِ لَكَ وَ اَلثَّانِيَةُ عَلَيْكَ وَ لاَ لَكَ وَ اَلثَّالِثَةُ فِيهَا اَلْهَلاَكُ".
Hadith.4658 - Imam (as) said: "The first glance is for you, the second is against you and not for you, and the third in it is destruction."
4659 - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلسَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ اَلرَّجُلُ إِلَى شَعْرِ أُمِّهِ أَوْ أُخْتِهِ أَوِ اِبْنَتِهِ".
Hadith.4659 - In the narration of Al-Sakooni from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from his father (as), he said: "There is no harm for a man to look at the hair of his mother, his sister, or his daughter."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on Supplication for Seeking Offspring
4660 - قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ : "قُلْ فِي طَلَبِ اَلْوَلَدِ "رَبِّ لاٰ تَذَرْنِي فَرْداً وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ اَلْوٰارِثِينَ" وَ اِجْعَلْ "لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا يَرِثُنِي" فِي حَيَاتِي وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِي وَ اِجْعَلْهُ لِي خَلْقاً سَوِيّاً وَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ نَصِيباً اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ اَلْغَفُورُ اَلرَّحِيمُ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا اَلْقَوْلِ رَزَقَهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا تَمَنَّى مِنْ مَالٍ وَ وَلَدٍ وَ مِنْ خَيْرِ اَلدُّنْيَا وَ اَلْآخِرَةِ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ اِسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كٰانَ غَفّٰاراً يُرْسِلِ اَلسَّمٰاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِدْرٰاراً وَ يُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوٰالٍ وَ بَنِينَ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ جَنّٰاتٍ وَ يَجْعَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْهٰاراً "
Hadith.4660 - Ali ibn Al-Husayn (peace be upon them) said to one of his companions:
"When seeking a child, say:
'My Lord (azj), do not leave me alone [without offspring], and You (swt) are the best of inheritors' and add;
'Grant me from Yourself (swt) a successor who will inherit from me during my life and seek forgiveness for me after my death. Make him well-formed in creation and do not allow Satan to have any share in him. O Allah (swt), I seek Your (swt) forgiveness and repent to You (swt). Indeed, You (swt) are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.'
Repeat this seventy times. For whoever frequently says this supplication, Allah (swt) the Exalted will grant him whatever he wishes of wealth, children, and the goodness of this world and the Hereafter.
For Allah (swt) says: 'Seek forgiveness from your Lord (azj); indeed, He (swt) is ever Forgiving. He (swt) will send rain to you in abundance and supply you with wealth and children and make for you gardens and make for you rivers' (Surah Nuh 71:10-12)."
Book of Marriage (nikah)
Chapter on Breastfeeding
4661 - رُوِيَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "اَلرَّضَاعُ وَاحِدٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ شَهْراً فَمَا نَقَصَ فَهُوَ جَوْرٌ عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ".
Hadith.4661 - It was narrated from Sama'ah ibn Mihran that Abu Abdullah (as) said: "Breastfeeding is for twenty-one months, and anything less than that is an injustice to the child."
4662 - وَ سَأَلَ سَعْدُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : عَنِ اَلصَّبِيِّ هَلْ يُرْضَعُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَنَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ "عَامَيْنِ" قُلْتُ فَإِنْ زَادَ عَلَى سَنَتَيْنِ هَلْ عَلَى أَبَوَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْءٌ قَالَ "لاَ".
Hadith.4662 - Sa'd ibn Sa'd asked Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as) about whether a child can be breastfed for more than two years.
Imam (as) replied: "Two years."
I asked: "If it exceeds two years, is there any obligation upon the parents because of that?"
Imam (as) said: "No."
4663 - وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "مَا مِنْ لَبَنٍ يُرْضَعُ بِهِ اَلصَّبِيُّ أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً عَلَيْهِ مِنْ لَبَنِ أُمِّهِ".
Hadith.4663 - Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said:
"There is no milk with greater blessing for a child to be nursed with than the milk of his mother."
4664 - : وَ نَظَرَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِلَى أُمِّ إِسْحَاقَ بِنْتِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ هِيَ تُرْضِعُ أَحَدَ اِبْنَيْهَا مُحَمَّداً أَوْ إِسْحَاقَ فَقَالَ "يَا أُمَّ إِسْحَاقَ لاَ تُرْضِعِيهِ مِنْ ثَدْيٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ أَرْضِعِيهِ مِنْ كِلَيْهِمَا يَكُونُ أَحَدُهُمَا طَعَاماً وَ اَلْآخَرُ شَرَاباً".
Hadith.4664 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) looked at Umm Ishaq bint Sulayman while she was breastfeeding one of her two sons, either Muhammad or Ishaq, and Imam (as) said:
"O Umm Ishaq, do not nurse him from only one breast; rather, nurse him from both. One will serve as food and the other as drink."
4665 - وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ اَلْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ "يَحْرُمُ مِنَ اَلرَّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ اَلنَّسَبِ" فَسِّرْهُ لِي فَقَالَ "كُلُّ اِمْرَأَةٍ أَرْضَعَتْ مِنْ لَبَنِ فَحْلِهَا وَلَدَ اِمْرَأَةٍ أُخْرَى مِنْ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ غُلاَمٍ فَذَلِكَ اَلرَّضَاعُ اَلَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ كُلُّ اِمْرَأَةٍ أَرْضَعَتْ مِنْ لَبَنِ فَحْلَيْنِ كَانَا لَهَا وَاحِداً بَعْدَ آخَرَ مِنْ جَارِيَةٍ أَوْ غُلاَمٍ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ رَضَاعٌ لَيْسَ بِالرَّضَاعِ اَلَّذِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ "يَحْرُمُ مِنَ اَلرَّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ اَلنَّسَبِ"".
Hadith.4665 - Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Hisham ibn Salim from Burayd al-Ijli who said:
I asked Abu Ja'far Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as): "What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) -
'What is unlawful through lineage is also unlawful through breastfeeding'? Explain it to me."
Imam (as) replied: "Every woman who nurses, with the milk of her husband, the child of another woman, whether the child is male or female, that is the breastfeeding (ridha') referred to by the Messenger of Allah (swt) (may Allah bless him and his family).
But any woman who nurses, with the milk of two different husbands (one after the other), the child of another woman, whether male or female, this is breastfeeding that does not fall under the ruling of the statement of the Messenger of Allah (swt) 'What is prohibited through breastfeeding is the same as what is prohibited through lineage.'"