Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Chapter on the Beginning of Marriage and Its Origin
وَ رَوَى زُرَارَةُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "أَنَّ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وُلِدَ لَهُ شِيثٌ وَ أَنَّ اِسْمَهُ هِبَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ وَصِيٍّ أُوصِيَ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ اَلْآدَمِيِّينَ فِي اَلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ وُلِدَ لَهُ بَعْدَ شِيثٍ يَافِثُ فَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَا أَرَادَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُبْلِغَ بِالنَّسْلِ مَا تَرَوْنَ وَ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَا قَدْ جَرَى بِهِ اَلْقَلَمُ مِنْ تَحْرِيمِ مَا حَرَّمَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنَ اَلْأَخَوَاتِ عَلَى اَلْإِخْوَةِ أَنْزَلَ بَعْدَ اَلْعَصْرِ فِي يَوْمِ خَمِيسٍ حَوْرَاءَ مِنَ اَلْجَنَّةِ اِسْمُهَا نَزْلَةُ فَأَمَرَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهَا مِنْ شِيثٍ فَزَوَّجَهَا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ بَعْدَ اَلْعَصْرِ مِنَ اَلْغَدِ حَوْرَاءَ مِنَ اَلْجَنَّةِ وَ اِسْمُهَا مُنْزَلَةُ فَأَمَرَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهَا مِنْ يَافِثَ فَزَوَّجَهَا مِنْهُ فَوُلِدَ لِشِيثٍ غُلاَمٌ وَ وُلِدَ لِيَافِثَ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَمَرَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ آدَمَ حِينَ أَدْرَكَا أَنْ يُزَوِّجَ اِبْنَةَ يَافِثَ مِنِ اِبْنِ شِيثٍ فَفَعَلَ فَوُلِدَ اَلصَّفْوَةُ مِنَ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ وَ اَلْمُرْسَلِينَ مِنْ نَسْلِهِمَا وَ مَعَاذَ اَللَّهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَا قَالُوا مِنْ أَمْرِ اَلْإِخْوَةِ وَ اَلْأَخَوَاتِ".
Zurarah narrated from Abu Abdillah (a.s) that Adam (a.s) had a son named Sheeth, whose name means "Gift of Allah (swt)." He was the first successor appointed among humans on earth. After Sheeth, Adam (a.s) had another son named Yafith. When both sons reached maturity, Allah (swt), the Almighty and Glorious, intended to continue human progeny and fulfill what was decreed by His (swt) command. To enforce the prohibition of marriage between brothers and sisters, Allah (swt) sent down, after the afternoon (Asr) on a Thursday, a heavenly woman from Paradise named Nazlah. Allah (swt) commanded Adam (a.s) to marry her to Sheeth, and so he did. The next afternoon, on Friday, Allah (swt) sent down another heavenly woman from Paradise named Munzalah. Allah (swt) commanded Adam (a.s) to marry her to Yafith, and so he did. Sheeth and Nazlah had a son, and Yafith and Munzalah had a daughter. When these children grew up, Allah (swt) commanded Adam (a.s) to marry the daughter of Yafith to the son of Sheeth. Adam obeyed this command, and from their lineage came the chosen ones among the prophets and messengers. Far be it from Allah (swt) that human propagation occurred as some have claimed-through marriage between brothers and sisters. Instead, Allah (swt) ensured the preservation of purity and honor in the lineage through divine arrangements.
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