Chapter Four
The Forming of the Life-germ
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The Effects of Purity of the Birth
92. Ma‘āni al-Akhbār, narrating from Husain ibn Zaid, from Imām al-Sādiq, from his fathers (a.s.): “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: “Whoever loves us the Ahlul-Bayt must praise Allah Almighty for the foremost of blessings.”
Some asked: “What is the foremost of blessings?”
He answered: “Purity of birth. No one will love us except those who are born pure, and no one hates us other than those who are born impure.”1
93. ‘Ilal al -Sharā'i‘, narrating from Abu Ayyub al-Ansāri who said: “Present the love for ‘Ali to your children, and one who loves him is from you, and one who does not love him you must ask the mother where she got him from, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) say to ‘Ali ibn Abi Tālib: “No one loves you except a believer, and no one hates you except a hypocrite, a person of illegitimate birth, or a child conceived during its mother’s menses.”2
94. Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) said: “Good intention denotes purity of birth.”3
95. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “The one whose birth is pure will enter Paradise.”4
1.. Ma‘āni al-Akhbār, p. ۱۶۱, h. ۱. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۱۴۱, h. ۱. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۱, p. ۲۳۲, h. ۴۱۹.
2.. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۱۴۵, h. ۱۲. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۳۹, p. ۳۰۱, h. ۱۱۰.
3.. Ghurar al-Hikam, h. ۴۷۵۸.
4.. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۱, p. ۲۳۳, h. ۴۲۳, narrating from Sadit al-Sayrafi. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۵, p. ۲۸۷, h. ۱۰.
