83. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Give quince to your pregnant women, for it will make your children have good morals.”1
84. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “The smell of prophets is the scent of quince, the smell of Houris is the pleasant scent of the 'As tree, the smell of angels is the scent of a rose, and the smell of my daughter Fātimah al-Zahrā (a.s.) is the scent of quince, the 'As tree and a rose. Allah did not send a prophet or a successor that did not have the smell of quince, so eat it and feed it to your pregnant women, for it makes your children beautiful.”2
85. Makārim al-Akhlāq, narrating from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) who said: “Eat quince and give it to each other as a gift, for it brightens the eyesight and grows friendship in the heart, and feed it to your pregnant women, for it makes your children beautiful.”
In another tradition: “It [quince] will make your children have good morals.”3
86. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said, while looking at a handsome boy: “The father of this boy must have eaten quince.”4
87. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Eat endive, for it increases a man’s semen and makes a child handsome. Its nature is hot, it is a laxative and it increases the masculinity of a child.”5
1.. al-Da‘wāt, p. ۱۵۱, h. ۴۰۵. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۷۲, h. ۱۲۳۰. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۷۷, h. ۳۷.
2.. Jāmi‘ al-Ahādith, p. ۸۲. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۷۷, h. ۳۹, narrating from al-Imāmah wa al-Tabsirah.
3.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۷۲, h. ۱۲۳۰. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۷۶, h. ۳۷.
4.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲۲, h. ۲. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۲, p. ۳۶۵, h. ۲۲۷۴. Both narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۷۳, h. ۱۲۴۱.
5.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۳۶۳, h. ۶. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۲, p. ۳۱۳, h. ۲۰۴۷. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۸۵, h. ۱۲۹۵.
