Chapter on the Affection for Women
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 5
رَوَى أَبُو مَالِكٍ اَلْحَضْرَمِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ اَلصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "اَلْعَبْدُ كُلَّمَا اِزْدَادَ لِلنِّسَاءِ حُبّاً اِزْدَادَ فِي اَلْإِيمَانِ فَضْلاً".
Abu Malik al-Hadrami narrated from Abu al-Abbas, who said that he heard Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام say: "The more love a servant has for women, the greater he increases in faith and virtue."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "مَا أَظُنُّ رَجُلاً يَزْدَادُ فِي اَلْإِيمَانِ خَيْراً إِلاَّ اِزْدَادَ حُبّاً لِلنِّسَاءِ".
In a narration from Aban, from Umar ibn Yazid, Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: "I do not think that a man increases in faith and goodness except that he also increases in love for women."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 269