96. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Allah created Paradise clean and pure, so no one will enter it except those who are of pure birth.”1
97. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “He who has found the harmony of our love in his heart must abundantly pray for his mother for she did not betray his father.”2
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“… and share with them in wealth and children…”3
98. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Good morals cannot be taken away from anyone except a child conceived during menses or a child from adultery.”4
99. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said to ‘Ali (a.s.): “No one will hate you except for three groups of people: the illegitimately born, the hypocrite and he whose mother got pregnant with him while she was in her menses.”5
100. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, narrating from Abu Hurayrah who said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: “There will come a time for people when devils will be partners in their children.” Some asked: “Is this possible, O Messenger of Allah?”
He said: “Yes.” They asked: “How can we recognize our children from their children?” He answered: “By having very little modesty and very little mercy.”6
101. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “He who is not embarrassed from what he says or from what is said about him, he is either an illegitimate child, or his mother got pregnant with him while being in her menses.”7
1.. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۵۶۴, h. ۱, narrating from Sa‘d ibn ‘Umar al-Jallāb. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۱, p. ۲۳۳, h. ۴۲۴, narrating from ‘Abdullah ibn Sinān.
2.. Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۴۹۳, h. ۴۷۴۵. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۱۴۲, h. ۵, narrating from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar.
3.. Qurān, ۱۷:۶۴.
4.. al-Firdaws, vol. ۲, p. ۲۰۰, h, narrating from Abu Hurayrah. ۲۹۹۲. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۳, p. ۳, h. ۵۱۳۶.
5.. ‘Ilal al-Sharā'i‘, p. ۱۴۲, h. ۶, narrating from Um Salamah. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۲۷, p. ۱۵۱, h. ۱۹.
6.. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۳, p. ۱۲۶, h. ۵۷۹۵, narrating from Abu al-Shaikh from Abu Hurayrah.
7.. Usd al-Ghābah, vol. ۲, p. ۶۴۳, h. ۲۴۶۱. al-Firdaws, vol. ۳, p. ۶۲۳, h. ۵۹۴۷. Both narraiting fron Showayfa‘. Kanz al-‘Ummāl, vol. ۳, p. ۱۲۵, h. ۵۷۹۴, narrating from al-Tabarāni.