فضلُ الوَلدِ The Virtue of Children

1. رسولُ اللّه صَلَّى  اللهُ  عَلَيه  وَ آلِهِ: إنّ لِكُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ ثَمَرَةً، وثَمَرَةُ القَلبِ الوَلَدُ.

1. The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘For every tree there is a fruit and the fruit of the heart is the child.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 45415]

 

2. الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: من سَعادَةِ الرّجُلِ أن يَكونَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ يَستَعينُ بهِم.

2. Imam Zayn al-`Abidin (AS) said, ‘It is part of the prosperity of a man that he has offspring who can be an aid to him.’[al-Kafi, v. 6, p. 2, no. 2]

 

3. الإمامُ الباقرُ عَلَيهِ السَّلامُ: مِن سَعادَةِ الرّجُلِ أن يَكونَ لَهُ الوَلَدُ يَعرِفُ فيهِ شِبهَهُ: خَلقَهُ، وخُلقَهُ، وشَمائلَهُ.

3. Imam al-Baqir  (AS) said, ‘It is part of the prosperity of a man that he has a child wherein he can see his own likeness: in his looks, his character, and his virtues.’[Ibid. v. 6, p. 4, no. 2]