Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Beware of the children of the rich and the kings, the tyrants, for their strife is more intense than the strife in the tricks of the beautiful (devils)’. [15] Large or Small Families?
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَكْثِرُوا الْوَلَدَ أُكَاثِرْ بِكُمُ الْأُمَمَ غَداً .
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al Hassan Bin Rashid, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Have more children, by you (having more children) I -saww (would have) the most populous community tomorrow’.
And from him, from Bakr Bin Salih who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan -asws , ‘I kept aside from seeking the children since five years ago, and that is because my wife disliked that, and she said, ‘It is difficult upon me, their upbringing, due to the scarcity of the things. So what is your -asws view’. So he -asws wrote to me: ‘Seek the children, for Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic would Sustain them’. [17] Boys or Girls?
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) نِعْمَ الْوَلَدُ الْبَنَاتُ مُلْطِفَاتٌ مُجَهِّزَاتٌ مُونِسَاتٌ مُبَارَكَاتٌ مُفَلِّيَاتٌ . Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The best of the children are daughters, kind, serving, caring, Blessed, loving’.
[18] Greeting the Newborn: وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى حَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ بِتُرْبَةِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فَبِمَاءِ السَّمَاءِ .