\n Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus Al-Moossili narrated...
\n Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus Al-Moossili narrated from Muhammad bin Ja’far from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khalid from Abu Hashim Dawood bin Al- Qassim Al-Ja\u2019fari, who says: \n Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali Al-Baqir -asws had narrated from his forefathers -asws : \n \u201cOne day Amir-ul-Mo\u2019mineen -asws came with his -asws son Al-Hasan -asws and Salman Al-Farisi where Amir-ul-Mo\u2019mineen -asws was leaning on Salman -ra \u2019s hand. They came into the masjid and sat down.
A handsome and neat man came, greeted Amir-ul-Mo’mineen -asws and sat before him -asws . He said: \u201cO Amir-ul-Mo’mineen -asws , I want to ask you -asws three questions.\u201d Amir-ul-Mo’mineen -asws said: \u201cAsk whatever you like.\u201d The man said: \u201cWould you -asws tell me if man sleeps where his soul goes to? How does man remember and forget?
How do man\u2019s children look like their uncles; their father\u2019s brothers and mother\u2019s brothers?\u201d Amir-ul-Mo’mineen -asws turned to his son Al-Hasan -asws and said to him -asws : \u201cO Abu Muhammad -asws , answer him!\u201d Imam Al-Hasan -asws said to the man: As for your question that when man sleeps where to his soul goes, his soul is hanging in the air until he moves during his wake, so if Allah -azwj Permits that that soul is to go back to the body, the soul attracts the air to settle in its body but if Allah -azwj does not Permit that soul to get back to that body, the air will attract the soul away from the body until the Day of Resurrection.
\n But as for what you asked about remembering and forgetting, the heart of man has been created to comply with the truth and there is a cover on the truth.
If he prays Allah -azwj to have blessing upon Muhammad -saww and his -saww family -asws in a perfect way, that cover will be removed from upon the truth and the heart will shine then one will remember what he has forgotten but if he does not pray Allah -azwj to have Blessing upon Muhammad -saww and his -saww family -asws or his prayer is imperfect, the cover will get closed on the truth and the heart will be dark and then he will forget what he has remembered.
\n As about a newborn baby that looks like the uncles, if a man goes to bed with his wife with calm heart, tranquil nerves and undisturbed body, his seed will settle inside the womb and the baby will looks like either its father or its mother.