Chapter Three
The Food of the Parents
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The Role of Unlawful Food in a Newborn
70. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “O son of Mas‘ud! Do not consume what is unlawful, do not wear what is unlawful, do not develop an unlawful relationship, and do not disobey Allah, as indeed Allah the Exalted says to Iblis: “Instigate whomever of them you can with your voice; and rally against them your cavalry and your infantry, and share with them in wealth and children and make promises to them! But Satan promises them nothing but delusion.”12
71. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim who said: “I asked Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) about Satan’s share in His saying: “and share with them in wealth and children.”3 He (a.s.) said: “Anything that comes from unlawful wealth is the share of Satan.” He (a.s.) then said: “And he [Satan] stays with the man until he has intercourse, and the child will be from both if his wealth is from the unlawful.”4
72. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, narrating from Muhammad from Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) or Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) who said: ‘The share of Satan is what is produced from unlawful wealth, and the child is born from the partnership of Satan.
He [Satan] will accompany the man until he has intercourse, and so his semen will be mixed with the man’s semen if the wealth consumed was unlawful. He said: “Both [their semen] will be mixed together.” And he said: “The child might be created from the semen of one, or it might be created from both.”5
1.. Qurān, ۱۷:۶۴.
2.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۲, p. ۳۵۴, h. ۲۶۶۰, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ud. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۷۷, p. ۱۰۵, h. ۱.
3.. Qurān, ۱۷:۶۴.
4.. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, vol. ۲, p. ۲۹۹, h. ۱۰۲. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۴, p. ۱۳۶, h. ۵.
5.. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, vol. ۲, p. ۳۰۰, h. ۱۰۸. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۲۹۴, h. ۴۸.
