Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: The Detestability of Marriage with Barren Women 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ عَ٠َّنْ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قِلَّةَ وُلْدِي وَأَنَّهُ لا وَلَدَ لِي فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا أَتَيْتَ الْعِرَاقَ فَتَزَوَّجِ ا٠ْرَأَةً وَلا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ سَوْءَاءَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ٠َا السَّوْءَاءُ قَالَ ا٠ْرَأَةٌ فِيهَا قُبْحٌ فَإِنَّهُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَوْلاداً.

He (the Imam) said to me, ‘When you arrive in Iraq, marry a woman and do not mind if she is al-Su’a’.’ I then asked, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is al- Su’a’?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is a woman who has certain degrees of ugliness because such woman bears more children.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/24))