7. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A house that does not have children does not have blessings.”1
8. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “There is no child born in a family without the family gaining honor they did not previously enjoy.”2
9. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The scent of a child is a breeze from Paradise.”3
10. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A child for a father is a sweet-basil from Allah which he smells, and He has distributed it among His worshippers.”4
11. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “A child is the fruit of the heart, and indeed it is the source of fear, envy and sorrow.”5
12. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Verily, everything has a fruit, and the fruit of one’s heart is his child.”6
13. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, narrating from al-Ash‘ath ibn Qays who said: “I went to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) accompanied by the representatives of the tribe of Kindah and he asked me: “Do you have a child?” I answered: “At the time I left home to come to you, a boy was born to me from the daughter of Jadd7 , but I wished that instead of that I could satiate my family.” The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Never say that, because in children is the comfort of the eye [if they stay alive] and they are the cause of reward if they are taken away. However, if you say that they are the cause of fear and sorrow then yes they are the cause of fear and sorrow.”8
14. Imām al-Sajjād (a.s.) said: “A part of a man’s happiness is having a child who assists him.”9
15. Imām al-Kāzim (a.s.) said: “A person is happy that can see a successor (offspring) for himself before his death.”10
1.. al-Firdaws, vol. ۵, p. ۳۵۹, h. ۸۴۳۵, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۲۷۴, h. ۴۴۴۲۵.
2.. al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat, vol. ۷, p. ۲۴۴, h. ۷۳۹۵. Tārikh Isbahān, vol. ۲, p. ۷۷, h. ۱۱۳۹. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Umar.
3.. al-Mu‘jam al-Awsat, vol. ۶, p. ۸۲, h. ۵۸۶۰, narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās. Rawdah al-Wā‘izin, p. ۴۰۳.
4.. ‘Uddah al-Dā‘i, p. ۷۶. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۴, p. ۹۸, h. ۶۸.
5.. Musnad Abu Ya‘lā, vol. ۲, p. ۱۰, h. ۱۰۲۸, narrating from Abu Sa‘id. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۲۸۴, h. ۴۴۴۸۶.
6.. al-Firdaws, vol. ۱, p. ۲۰۴, h. ۷۷۹. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۵۷, h. ۴۵۴۱۵, narrating from al-Bazzār, with ‘tree’ instead of ‘thing’. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Umar.
7.. In some traditions instead of ‘the daughter of Jadd’, it says ‘the daughter of Jamd’, and he is Jamd ibn Walighah al-Kindi.
8.. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, vol. ۸, p. ۱۹۶, h. ۲۱۸۹۹. al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, vol. ۱, p. ۲۳۶, h.۶۴۶.
9.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲, h. ۲. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۱۶۴, h. ۳۵۹۸.
10.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴, h. ۳. ‘Uyun Akhbār al-Ridā (a.s.), vol. ۱, p. ۳۰, h. ۲۲.
