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Abundant Children
26. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Marry a virgin and fertile woman and do not marry a good and beautiful barren, for I will boast of you [your abundance] over other nations on Judgment Day.”1
27. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Marry a kind and fertile woman, for I will be proud of you [your abundance] over other nations on Judgment Day.”2
28. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Leave the beautiful and barren and marry the unattractive and fertile, as I will boast of you [your abundance] over other nations on Judgment Day.”3
29. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Increase your children, for tomorrow I will boast of your abundance over other nations.”4
30. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “When Yusuf (a.s.) met his brother [Benjamin], he told him: “O brother! How could you marry women after [losing] me?”
He said: “My father commanded me, saying: “If you are able to have an offspring who will add to the value of the land by glorifying [Allah], then do so.”5
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۳۳۳, h. ۲, narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.).
2.. Tārikh Baghdād, vol. ۱۲, p. ۳۷۷, h. ۶۸۲۹, narrating from Ibn ‘Umar. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۳۰۲, h. ۴۴۵۹۸, narrating from ‘Umar.
3.. al-Musannaf, by ‘Abd al-Razzāq, vol. ۶, p. ۱۶۰, h. ۱۰۳۴۳, narrating from Ibn Sirin. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۲۹۳, h. ۴۴۵۴۵, narrating from al-Tirmidhi.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲, h. ۳, narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.). al-Khisāl, p. ۶۱۵, with ‘seek’ instead of ‘increase’.
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲, h. ۴, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinān. ‘Awāli al-La'āli, vol. ۳, p. ۲۸۸, h. ۳۶, without mentioning the chain of narrators to the Infallible(a.s.).
