The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 2009 (#Ḥadīth #3)

3- مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَزْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ للهِ عِبَاداً لَهُمْ فِي أَصْلابِهِمْ أَرْحَامٌ كَأَرْحَامِ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ فَسُئِلَ فَمَا لَهُمْ لا يَحْمِلُونَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا مَنْكُوسَةٌ وَلَهُمْ فِي أَدْبَارِهِمْ غُدَّةٌ كَغُدَّةِ الْجَمَلِ أَوِ الْبَعِيرِ فَإِذَا هَاجَتْ هَاجُوا وَإِذَا سَكَنَتْ سَكَنُوا.

3. Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Arzamiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Of Allah’s creatures there are those who have wombs in their backs like the wombs of women.’ He (the Imam) said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin was asked, ‘Why do not they then become pregnant?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Because it is upside down. In their behind there is a gland like that of camel and when it is excited they become excited and when it is calm they are calm.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).