Chapter on the Virtue of Children

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 49
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 49

Chapter on the Virtue of Children

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ خَلْقاً جَمَعَ كُلَّ صُورَةٍ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ آدَمَ ثُمَّ خَلَقَهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدٌ لِوَلَدِهِ هَذَا لاَ يُشْبِهُنِي وَ لاَ يُشْبِهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ آبَائِي".
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "When Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Blessed and Exalted, wills to create a being, He سبحانه وتعالى gathers every form between him and Adam عليه السلام, then creates him in the image of one of them. Therefore, no one should say about his child, 'This one does not resemble me or any of my ancestors.'"
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