Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Signs of Praiseworthiness of Women ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْ٠ُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ عَلَيْكُ٠ْ بِذَوَاتِ الأوْرَاكِ فَإِنَّهُنَّ أَنْجَبُ. 1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd Allah ibn al- Mughirah who has said the following: “I once heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), saying, ‘You must marry women of large hips because they are most fertile for child bearing.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/26))