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) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠ِيِّ قَالَ اسْتَعْ٠َرْوَانَ بْنَ الْحَكَ٠َرَهُ أَنْ يَفْرِضَ لِشَباب قُرَيْشٍ فَفَرَضَ لَهُ٠ْ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلا٠) فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ ٠ُكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ فَقَالَ ٠ُ أَخِيكَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِيٌّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ وَ عَلِيٌّ ٠َا يُرِيدُ أَبُوكَ أَنْ يَدَعَ أَحَداً ٠ِنْ وُلْدِهِ إِلَّا سَ٠َّاهُ عَلِيّاًثُ٠َّ فَرَضَ لِي فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى أَبِي فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ وَيْلِي عَلَى ابْنِ الزَّرْقَاءِ دَبَّاغَةِ الْأَدَ٠ِ لَوْ وُلِدَ لِي ٠ِائَةٌ لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ لَا أُسَ٠ْ إِلَّا عَلِيّاً.

Ali ibn al-Husayn, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ‘I went to him and he asked, ‘What is your name?’ I replied, ‘It is Ali ibn al-Husayn.’ He then asked, ‘What is the name of your brother?’ I replied, ‘It is Ali.’ He said, ‘Ali and Ali. Is it that your father does not want to leave any of his children without naming them all Ali?’ He paid me a certain amount. I returned to my father and informed him of what had happened.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Woe is upon the son of al-Zarqa’, the leather- treating man. Even if one hundred sons will be born to me I will not give anyone of them any other name except Ali.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (1/33))