23. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “From among the signs of a man’s happiness is that his son is similar to him in body, morals and behavior.”¹

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The Believers’ Offspring Will Be with Them in Heaven

“The faithful and their offspring who follow them in faith –We will make their offspring join them, and we will not stint anything from [the reward of] their deeds. Every man is a hostage to what he has earned.”²

24. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, regarding Allah’s saying: The faithful and their offspring who follow them in faith –We will make their offspring join them”: “The deeds of the offspring are less than that of their fathers, so the offspring will be joined their fathers to comfort them.” ³

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The Virtue of Tolerating the Troubles of a Child

25. al-Kāfi, narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim who said: “I was sitting in the presence of Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) when Yunus ibn Ya‘qub entered and I saw him wailing, so Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) asked him: “Why do I see you wailing?”
He said: “Because of my child who disturbed me the whole night.”
Abu ‘Abdullah (a.s.) said to him: “O Yunus! My father Muhammad ibn ‘Ali narrated from his forefathers (a.s.), from my grandfather the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) that Gabriel descended onto the Messenger of Allah while he and ‘Ali (a.s.) were upset, and Gabriel said: “O beloved of Allah! Why do I see you upset?”
The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “From two children who have troubled us with their crying.”
Gabriel said: “O Muhammad, be patient, for soon there will be followers sent for this group of people and if one of them weeps,
his crying will be like uttering ‘There is no god but Allah’ until he becomes seven years old, and from seven years old on until he reaches puberty, his crying will be seeking forgiveness for his parents, and when he passes his age of puberty, every good deed he performs will be [a reward] for his parents, but any bad act he commits will not affect them.”⁴

23.الإمام الباقر علیه السلام : مِن سَعادَةِ الرَّجُلِ أن يَكونَ لَهُ الوَلَدُ يُعرَفُ فيهِ شِبهُهُ، خَلقُهُ وخُلُقُهُ وشَمائِلُهُ.¹1 / 4إلحاقُ ذُرِّيَّةِ المُؤمِنينَ بِهِمْ فِي الجَنَّةِ(وَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ اتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ مَا أَلَتْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ عَمَلِهِم مِّن شَىْ‏ءٍ كُلُّ امْرِىءِ بِمَا كَسَبَ رَهِينٌ).²

24.الإمام الصادق علیه السلام ـ في قَولِ الله‏ِ: (وَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَ اتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُم بِإِيمَـٰنٍ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ)ـ: قَصَرَتِ الأبناءُ عَن عَمَلِ الآباءِ، فألحَقُوا الأبناءَ بِالآباءِ لِتَقَرَّ بِذٰلِكَ أعيُنُهُم.³

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فَضْلُ تَحَمُّلِ أذَىٰ الطِّفْلِ

25.الكافي عن محمّد بن مسلم: كُنتُ جالِساً عِندَ أبي عَبدِ اللهِ‏ِ علیه السلام إذ دَخَلَ يونسُ بنُ يَعقوبَ فَرَأيتُهُ يَئِنُّ، فَقالَ لَهُ أبو عَبدِ اللهِ‏ِ علیه السلام : ما لي أراكَ تَئِنُّ؟
قالَ: طـِفلٌ لي تـَأَذَّيتُ بِهِ اللَّيلَ أجمَعَ.
فَقالَ لَهُ أبو عَبدِ اللهِ‏ِ علیه السلام : يا يونُسُ، حَدَّثَني أبي مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَلِيّ، عَن آبائِهِ علیهم السلام ، عَن جَدّي رَسولِ اللهِ صلی الله علیه وآله أنَّ جَبرَئيلَ نَزَلَ عَلَيهِ و رَسولُ اللهِ‏ِ وَ عَلِيّ صَلواتُ اللهِ‏ِ عَلَيهِما يئِنّانِ، فَقالَ جَبرَئيلُ علیه السلام : يا حَبيبَ اللهِ‏ِ، ما لي أراكَ تَئِنُّ؟
فَقالَ رَسولُ اللهِ صلی الله علیه وآله : طِفلانِ لَنا تَأَذَّينا بِبُكائِهِما.
فَقالَ جَبرَئيلُ: مَه يا مُحَمَّدُ، فإِنَّهُ سَيُبعَثُ لـِهٰؤلاءِ القَومِ شيعَةٌ إذا بَكىٰ أحَدُهُم فَبُكاؤُهُ «لا إلٰه إِلَّا اللهُ‏ُ» إلىٰ أن يَأتِيَ عَلَيهِ سَبعُ سِنينَ، فَإِذا جازَ السَّبعَ فَبُكاؤُهُ استِغفارٌ لِوالِدَيهِ إلىٰ أن يأتِيَ عَلَى الحَدِّ، فَإِذا جازَ الحَدَّ فَما أتىٰ مِن حَسَنَةٍ فَلِوالِدَيهِ، و ما أتىٰ مِن سَيِّئَةٍ فَلا عَلَيهِما.⁴