Chapter One
Family
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The Forming of a Family
1. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “What prevents a believer from forming a family?! It might be that Allah may grant him some children who will bring value to the earth by [saying] ‘There is no god but Allah’.”1
2. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The best among my ummah are the married ones, and the unmarried are the worst ones of my ummah.”2
3. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is no foundation built in Islam more loved by Allah the Exalted than marriage.”3
4. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Establish a family, as it will increase your sustenance.”4
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Seeking a Child
5. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Seek and ask for a child, for it is the source of comfort and happiness of the heart.”5
6. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “None of you should give up seeking to have a child, for when a person dies without having a child, his name will discontinue.”6
1.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۳۸۲, h. ۴۳۴۰, narrating from Jābir from Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.). Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۲۹, h. ۱۴۵۴.
2.. Jāmi‘ al-Akhbār, p. ۲۷۳, h. ۷۴۸. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۲۲۱, h. ۳۲.
3.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۳۸۳, h. ۴۳۴۳, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Hakam from Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.). Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۲۹, h. ۱۴۵۶.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۳۲۹, h. ۶, narrating from Ibn al-Qaddāh from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his father (a.s.). Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۲۱۷, h. ۱.
5.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۸۰, h. ۱۶۶۵. al-Firdaws, vol. ۱, p. ۷۹, h. ۲۴۲. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Umar.
6.. al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, vol. ۲۳, p. ۲۱۰, h. ۳۶۹, narrating from Hafsah. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۲۸۱, h. ۴۴۴۶۹.
