64. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Seek your needs from people who are noble and have principles. It is with them that the need is fulfilled promptly and without obligation.”1
65. Muruj al-Dhahab, in mentioning Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah in the crisis of the Battle of the Camel when he stopped there facing the spears and arrows: “Then Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) came towards him and hit him with the sheath of his sword and said: “A blood (`irq) from your mother has affected you [your fear is from your mother’s side not from me].”2
66. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, in Ziyārah al-Arba‘in3: “May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you, O son of the Messenger of Allah! I bear witness that you were a light in the noble loins and pure wombs. Never did the impurities of the Age of Ignorance pollute you, and never did it cover you with its contaminations.”4
67. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “The Prophet of Allah delivered a sermon in which he said: “O people! Beware of a nice plant growing in waste.” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah! What is a nice plant growing in waste?” He answered: “A beautiful woman brought up in a bad family.”5
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Marrying Relatives
68. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Marry other than close relatives so that you do not give birth to weak children.”6
69. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Do not marry close relatives, as the child will come out weak.”7
1.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۶۱۵۸.
2.. Muruj al-Dhahab, vol. ۲, p. ۳۷۵. Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah, vol. ۱, p. ۲۴۳.
3.. The visitation recited on the fortieth day after the martyrdom of Imām Husain (a.s.) (۲۰th of Safar). [Ed.].
4.. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۶, p. ۱۱۴, h. ۲۰۱, narrating from Safwān ibn Mahrān al-Jammāl.
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۳۳۲, h. ۴. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۷, p. ۴۰۳, h. ۱۶۰۸. Both narrating from al-Sakuni. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۳۹۱, h. ۴۳۷۷. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۲۳۲, h. ۱۰, narrating from Ma‘āni al-Akhbār from Muhammad ibn Abu Talhah.
6.. al-Mujāzāt al-Nabawiyah, p. ۹۲, h. ۵۹.
7.. al-Mahajjah al-Baydā', vol. ۳, p. ۹۴.
