Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child) ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي قَالَ قَالَ أَ٠ِنِينَ ( عليه السلا٠ُّوا أَوْلَادَكُ٠ْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُولَدُوا فَإِنْ لَ٠ْ تَدْرُوا أَ ذَكَرٌ أَ٠َاءِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ لِلذَّكَرِ وَ الْأُنْثَى فَإِنَّ أَسْقَاطَكُ٠ْ يَقُولُ السِّقْطُ لِأَبِيهِ أَلَّا سَ٠َّيْتَنِي وَ قَدْ سَ٠َّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ٠ُحَسِّناً قَبْلَ أَنْ يُولَدَ.

In case a child is miscarried, when that child will meet you on the Day of Judgment, whom you had not given a name, it will say to his father, ‘I wish you had named me.’ The Messenger of Allah had named Muhsin before his birth.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/31))