59. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Verily Allah has created four containers for the womb. Whatever [sperm] comes into the first container is for the father, whatever comes into the second is for the mother, whatever comes into the third is for paternal uncles, and whatever comes into the fourth is for the maternal uncles.”1
60. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “When Allah the Exalted, the High, wishes to create someone, He gathers all the features between that person and up to [the time of] Adam, then He creates him on the feature of one of them. Therefore, no one should say about their child: “This child is neither similar to me nor to any of my ancestors.”2
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Heredity and the Behavior of a Child
61. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Good moral is an indication of the nobility of the `irq.”3
62. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “When the origin of a person is noble, his behavior is noble in both his absence or in his presence.”4
63. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Seek your needs from noble people who have good origins, as your needs will be better fulfilled by them and doing so is more pleasant for you.”5
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۱۷, h. ۲. ‘Awāli al-La'āli, vol. ۳, p. ۴۱۹, h. ۲۲. Both narrating from Muhammad ibn Hamrān.
2.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۸۴, h. ۴۷۰۹. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۱۰۳, h. ۱.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۴۸۵۵. ‘Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā‘iz, p. ۲۲۸, h. ۴۳۹۷.
4.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۴۱۶۳. ‘Uyun al-Hikam wa al-Mawā‘iz, p. ۱۳۱, h. ۲۹۵۸, with ‘family’ instead of ‘origin’.
5.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۶۱۶۲.
