Chapter on the Virtue of Children
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 49
وَ رَوَى رِفَاعَةُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ بَنُونَ وَ أُمُّهُمْ لَيْسَتْ بِوَاحِدَةٍ أَ يُفَضِّلُ أَحَدَهُمْ عَلَى اَلْآخَرِ قَالَ "نَعَمْ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ أَبِي عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يُفَضِّلُنِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ".
Rifa'ah ibn Musa narrated from Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام who said: I asked him about a man who has sons from different mothers, can he favor one of them over the others? Imam عليه السلام replied: "Yes, there is no harm in that. My father عليه السلام used to favor me over Abdullah."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh