It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from...
It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from Muhammad ibn Ali from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Husayn ibn Saâid who has said the following: âOnce ibn Ghaylan al-Madaâiniy and I visited abu al-Hassan, al-Ridaâ (a.s.), and ibn Ghaylan said to him (the Imam), âI pray to Allah to keep you well, I have been informed that if oneâs wife is pregnant and he keeps his intention to name him Muhammad a son then is born to him.â He (the Imam) said, âIf oneâs wife is pregnant and he keeps in his intention to name him Ali, (in this case also) a son will born to him.â He (the Imam) then said, âAli and Muhammad is one thing.â He then said, âI pray to Allah to keep you well, I left my wife pregnant, please pray to Allah to make him a boy.â He (the Imam) bent down his head for a long time; then raised his head and said, âName him Ali because it is good for his long life.â We then entered Makkah and a letter came from al-Madaâin saying, âA boy is born to him.âââ
صØÙØ - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (MirʾÄt al-Ê¿UqÅ«l fÄ« Sharḥ AkhbÄr Äl al-RasÅ«l (21/20))