73. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “[The effects of] Unlawful income will be seen in one’s offspring.”1
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The Role of the Father’s Food in his Child
74. Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.) said: “Whoever eats a quince before breakfast, his semen will be clean and his child will be good.”2
75. Tibb al-A'immah, narrating from Bukair ibn Muhammad who said: “I was in the presence of Abu ‘Abdullah al-Sādiq (a.s.) when someone said: “O son of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.)! [Sometimes] A child is born but he is rather foolish and weak.”
He (a.s.) said: “What has prevented you from eating Sawiq?3 Both you and your wife should eat it, for it causes flesh to grow, the bone to strengthen and only the strong will be born from you.”4
76. Imām al-Kāzim (a.s.) said: “He who eats egg, onion and [olive] oil will increase his sexual potency. He who eats meat mixed with eggs will result in his child’s bones being strong.”5
77. al-Kāfi, narrating from ‘Amr ibn Ibrāhim from al-Khurāsāni6 who said: “Eating a sweet pomegranate increases a man’s semen and makes the child beautiful.”7
1.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۵, p. ۱۲۴, h. ۴, narrating from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurārah.
2.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۳۵۷, h. ۳. al-Mahāsin, vol. ۲, p. ۳۶۵, h. ۲۲۷۳.
3.. A dish made from wheat-flour and roasted barley.
4.. Tibb al-A'immah, by Ibn Bastām, p. ۸۸. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۴, p. ۷۹, h. ۴.
5.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۲۵, h. ۱۴۵۱. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۱۰۴, p. ۸۴, h. ۴۱.
6.. Apparently referring to Imām al-Ridā (a.s.), however the narrator of this tradition is ‘Amr ibn Ibrāhim who is a companion of Imām al-Sādiq (a.s.), so it is far from possible that he has narrated this from Imām al-Ridā (a.s.). [This footnote is mentioned in the source of the tradition].
7.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۳۵۵, h. ۱۷. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۶۳, h. ۴۶ .
