37. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who raises three daughters until they marry will be veiled by them from Hellfire.”1
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Taking Care of Daughters
38. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who goes to the market and buys a present and takes it to his family is like one who carries charity to a needy group. He should begin with the females before the males, because whoever makes a female happy is as if he has freed a slave from among the offspring of Ismā‘il. He who comforts his son is as if he has wept out of fear of Allah, and he who weeps out of fear of Allah, He will make him enter the blissful Paradise.”2
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Affection towards Girls
39. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Do not hate girls because they are precious friendly companions.”3
40. Kitāb Man lā Yahduruhu al-Faqih: “The Prophet (s.a.w.) was informed of the birth of a daughter, and so he looked at the faces of his companions and saw displeasure in them. He said: “What is the matter with you? She is a flower which I smell, and her sustenance is from Allah the Exalted’.”4
41. al-Kāfi, narrating from al-Jārud ibn al-Mundhir who said: “Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) said to me: “I have been informed that a daughter was born to you and you feel resentful to her. What harm can she bring to you? She is a flower which you smell and you have been guaranteed her sustenance, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) himself was the father of [a few] daughters.”5
42. al-Kāfi, narrating from Ibrāhim al-Karkhi from a trustworthy person from among our [Shi‘a] companions who said “I got married in Medina and Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) asked me: “How did you find marriage?”
I said: “There is no man that has found any good in a woman in the way I saw in her, but she betrayed me.”
He asked: “What betrayal was it?”
I answered: “She gave birth to a female.”
He said: “It seems that you hate her. Allah says: “…your parents and your children –you do not know which of them is likelier to be beneficial for you.”67
1.. Tārikh Baghdād, vol. ۸, p. ۳۱۶, narrating from 'Anas. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۵۱, h. ۴۵۳۸۵.
2.. Thawāb al-A‘māl, p. ۲۳۹. h. ۱, al-Amāli, by al-Saduq, p. ۶۷۲, h. ۹۰۴. Both narrating from Ibn ‘Abbās.
3.. Musnad Ibn Hanbal, vol. ۶, p. ۱۳۴, h. ۱۷۳۷۸. al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir, vol. ۱۷, p. ۳۱۰, h.۸۵۶, narrating from ‘Aqbah ibn ‘Amir. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۱۶, p. ۴۴۹, h. ۴۵۳۷۴.
4.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۸۱, h. ۴۶۹۳. Thawāb al-A‘māl, p. ۲۳۹, h.۲, with ‘of Fātimah’ instead of ‘of a daughter’.
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۶, h. ۹.
6.. Qurān, ۴:۱۱.
7.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۴, h. ۱.
