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The Role of a Pregnant Woman’s Food on the Fetus
78. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Feed dates to a woman who is in her month of delivery, for her child will become patient and clean.”1
79. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Feed frankincense to your pregnant women, for when a child is fed with frankincense while in its mother’s womb, its heart will be strengthened and its intellect will increase… .”2
80. Imām al-Ridā (a.s.) said: “Give wet frankincense to your pregnant women, for if she caries a male in her womb, he will be born with a strong heart, be knowledgeable and brave; and if it is a female, she will beautiful, have good morals, … .”3
81. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Give frankincense to your pregnant women, for it will increase in the child’s intellect.”4
82. The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: “Any pregnant woman who eats melon with cheese will give birth to a child with beautiful face and good character.”5
1.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۳۶۵, h. ۱۲۰۲. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۱۴۱, h. ۵۸.
2.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲۳, h. ۶, narrating from Abu Ziyād from Imām al-Hasan.
3.. al-Kāfi, vol. ۶, p. ۲۳, h. ۷. Tahdhib al-Ahkām, vol. ۷, p. ۴۴۰, h. ۱۷۵۸. Both narrating from Muhammad ibn Sinān. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۲۴, h. ۱۴۴۳.
4.. Makārim al-Akhlāq, vol. ۱, p. ۴۲۳, h. ۱۴۳۹. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۶, p. ۴۴۴, h. ۸. al-Firdaws, vol. ۱, p. ۱۰۱, h. ۳۳۱, narrating from Ibn ‘Umar.
5.. Tibb al-Nabi, p. ۲۸. Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۶۲, p. ۲۹۹.
