112. Imām al-Bāqir (a.s.) said: “When you intend to have a child, then say at the time of copulation: “O Allah! Bless me with a child and make him pious, with no additional or missing organs [physically healthy] and make his ending a good one.”1
113. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “He who desires his wife to become pregnant, he should perform a two-unit prayer with long bowing and prostration after his Friday prayers, and then say: “O Allah! I beseech You the same thing that Zachariah asked You. O Lord! Do not leave me by myself, for You are the best of inheritors! O’ Allah! Bestow upon me from You a pure offspring, indeed You are the hearer of prayers. O’ Allah! By Your name I made her lawful for me and I took her as a trust from You. So, if You have decreed a child in her womb, make the child a blessed pure one and do not allow Satan to have a share or partnership with him.”2
114. Tafsir al ‘Ayyāshi, narrating from Sulaymān ibn Khālid who said: “I asked Abu ‘Abdullah [al-Sādiq] (a.s.) about the meaning of Allah’s saying: ‘…and share with them in wealth and children…’ He (a.s.) answered: “In this regard, you must say: “I seek refuge in Allah the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing from the accursed Satan.”3
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115. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “It is not good for a man to associate with his wife after having a wet dream until he performs his ritual bath from the wet dream, but if he does so [copulate before having a bath] and the child is born insane, he should not blame anyone other than himself.”4
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۱۰, h. ۱۲. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۷, p. ۴۱۱, h. ۱۶۴۱. Both narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim.
2.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۸, h. ۳. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۳, p. ۳۱۵, h. ۹۷۴. narrating from Muhammad ibn Muslim.
3.. Tafsir al-‘Ayyāshi, vol. ۲, p. ۳۰۰, h. ۱۰۷. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۳, p. ۲۹۴ h. ۴۷.
4.. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۷, p. ۴۱۲, h. ۱۶۴۶, narrating from Muhammad ibn al-‘Is from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) . Kitāb Man lā Yahdarhu al-Faqih, vol. ۳, p. ۵۵۷, h. ۴۹۱۴, narrating from al-Husain ibn Zaid ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husain (a.s.) from Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) from his forefathers (a.s.) from the Prophet (s.a.w.).
