196. al-Kāfi: From ‘Ubaydullah al-Halabi who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.): “Can I get a woman who is born from an adulterine person to breastfeed.” He answered: “No. Ask neither her nor her daughter to breastfeed.”1
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Feeding the Child Beneficial Foods
197. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Give pomegranate to your children, for it will make their teeth grow more rapidly.”2
198. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Give pomegranate to your children, for it will make them become mature faster.”3
199. al-Mahāsin, narrating from Khidr who said: “I was with Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) when one of his followers came to him and said: “Our children are [usually] born light weighted and weak.” The Imām said: “Why do you not give them sawiq,4 for it hardens the bone and makes the flesh grow.”5
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴۲, h. ۱. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۸, p. ۱۰۸, h. ۳۶۷. Da‘ā'im al-Islām, vol. ۲, p. ۲۴۲, h. ۹۱۱, narrating from the Prophet (s.a.w.).
2.. al-Amāli, by al-Tusi, p. ۳۶۲, h. ۷۵۳, narrating from ‘Ali ibn ‘Ali al-Di‘bali from Imām al-Ridā (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.) from al-Nazāl ibn Sirah. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۷۱, h. ۱۲۲۷.
3.. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۲, p. ۳۶۰, h. ۲۲۵۴, narrating from ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn al-Hajjāj. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۶۴, h. ۴۷.
4.. Pulverized wheat or barly mixed with sugar and flavored with cardamoms.
5.. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۲, p. ۲۸۷, h. ۱۹۳۸. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۱۸, h. ۱۴۱۵. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۲۷۶, h. ۷.
