192. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “Choose clean and affectionate wet-nurses, for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].”1
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193. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Avoid letting your children suckle from debauch or insane women, for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].”2
194. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Do not ask a foolish, blear-eyed or sick woman to breastfeed [your child], for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child].”3
195. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Do not ask a foolish woman to breastfeed [your child], for milk transmits [the characteristics of the wet-nurse to the child] and the child will become resembling to the milk, meaning in foolishness and idiocy.”4
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۴, h. ۱۳. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۸, p. ۱۱۰, h. ۳۷۷. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۷۸, h. ۴۶۷۷. All narrating from Zurārah.
2.. al-Khisāl, p. ۶۱۵, h. ۱۰, narrating from Abu Basir and Muāmmad ibn Muslim from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.). Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p. ۱۰۵. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۷۹, h. ۱۶۵۵. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۳۲۳, h. ۹.
3.. ‘Uyun Akhbār al-Ridā (a.s.), vol. ۲, p. ۳۴, h. ۶۷. Sahifah al-Imām al-Ridā (a.s.), p. ۱۰۰, h. ۴۱. Both narrating from Ahmad ibn ‘Amir al-Tā'i from Imām al-Ridā (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.).
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۳, h. ۸. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۸, p. ۱۱۰, h. ۳۷۵. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۷۸, h. ۴۶۷۹. All narrating from Muhammad ibn Qays.
