The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 1274 (#Ḥadīth #3)

3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قِلَّةَ وُلْدِي وَأَنَّهُ لا وَلَدَ لِي فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا أَتَيْتَ الْعِرَاقَ فَتَزَوَّجِ امْرَأَةً وَلا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ سَوْءَاءَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَمَا السَّوْءَاءُ قَالَ امْرَأَةٌ فِيهَا قُبْحٌ فَإِنَّهُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَوْلاداً.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from ‘Isma’il ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah , for not having enough children and that I have no child. He (the Imam) said to me, ‘When you arrive in Iraq, marry a woman and do not mind if she is al-Su’a’.’ I then asked, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is al- Su’a’?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is a woman who has certain degrees of ugliness because such woman bears more children.’”

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