Al-Kāfi 6, narration 51

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · When a Woman Gives Birth to More than one Child

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Arabic text

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ لِلرَّحِمِ أَرْبَعَةَ سُبُلٍ فِي أَيِّ سَبِيلٍ سَلَكَ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ كَانَ مِنْهُ الْوَلَدُ وَاحِدٌ وَ اثْنَانِ وَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَى سَبِيلٍ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ وَاحِدٍ .

Translation

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya and others have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ’Isma‘il ibn ‘Umar from Shu’ayb al-‘Aqarqufiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The womb has four ways in whichever way the seed (water) finds the path thereof comes a child, one child, two children , three children or four children . In (through) one way only one child can come and no more/”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 1. Muhammad ibn Yahya and others have narrated
  2. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa
  3. Ahmad ibn Muhammad
  4. ibn abu Nasr
  5. ’Isma‘il ibn ‘Umar
  6. Shu’ayb al-‘Aqarqufiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said

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Published assessments

  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    مجهول

    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/28)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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