[9] Supplication for having children (move it to merits)...

[9] Supplication for having children (move it to merits) عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ شَكَا الْأَبْرَشُ الْكَلْبِيُّ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّهُ لَا يُولَدُ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئاً قَالَ اسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ أَوْ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفَّاراً إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ يُمْدِدْكُمْ بِأَمْوالٍ وَ بَنِينَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of his companions who said, ‘Al-Abrash Al-Kalby complained to Abu Ja’far -asws that there is no child for him.

So he said to him -asws , ‘Teach me something (to have a son)’. He -asws said: ‘Seek Forgiveness of Allah -azwj during every day, or during every night, one hundred times, for Allah -azwj is Saying: ‘Seek Forgiveness of your Lord, He would always be Forgiving [71:10] – up to His -azwj Words: And Assist you with wealth and sons [71:12] ’.

[10] THE STORY OF NUH -as His -as Name ابن بابويه، قال: حدثنا أبي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن العباس بن معروف، عن علي بن مهزيار، عن أحمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عمن ذكره، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) أنه قال: «كان اسم نوح (عليه السلام) عبد الغفار، و إنما سمي نوحا لأنه كان ينوح على قومه Ibn Babuwayh said, ‘My father narrated to me from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Abbas Bin Marouf, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maysamy, from the one who mentioned it: ‘Abu Abdullah -asws has said: ‘The name of Nuh -as was ‘Abdul Ghaffar’ , and he -as was called Nuh -as because he -as used to lament (Noha) over his -as people’.

[11] و عنه: عن محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران، عن سعيد بن جناح، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال: «كان اسم نوح عبد الملك، و إنما سمي نوحا لأنه بكى خمسمائة سنة And from him (Ibn Babuwayh), from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ahmad Bin Al-Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Najran, from Saeed Bin Janah, from one of our companions: (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The name of Nuh -as was Abdul Malik, and he -as was called Nuh -as because he -as cried for five hundred years’.

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