Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ بَرَكَةِ الْ٠َرْأَةِ خِفَّةُ ٠َئُونَتِهَا وَتَيْسِيرُ وِلادَتِهَا وَ٠َئُونَتِهَا وَتَعْسِيرُ وِلادَتِهَا. 37.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Of the blessing of a woman is her being of light expenses and her giving birth with ease. Of the evil with her is intensified expenses and her giving birth with hardships and difficulties.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/420))