١- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ إِنَّ لِي ابْنَةَ عَمٍّ قَدْ رَضِيتُ جَمَالَهَا وَحُسْنَهَا وَدِينَهَا وَلَكِنَّهَا عَاقِرٌ فَقَالَ لا تَزَوَّجْهَا إِنَّ يُوسُفَ بْنَ يَعْقُوبَ لَقِيَ أَخَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَخِي كَيْفَ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَتَزَوَّجَ النِّسَاءَ بَعْدِي فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي أَمَرَنِي وَقَالَ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ لَكَ ذُرِّيَّةٌ تُثْقِلُ الأرْضَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ فَافْعَلْ قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْغَدِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ تَزَوَّجْ سَوْءَاءَ وَلُوداً فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمُ الأمَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مَا السَّوْءَاءُ قَالَ الْقَبِيحَةُ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from and Sahl ibn Ziyad all from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “O the Holy Prophet of Allah, I have the daughter of an uncle whose beauty, goodness and religion I like; but she is barren.’” He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘You must not marry her; Yusuf after meeting his brother asked him, “How did you manage to get married after me.” He replied, “Because my father said, ‘If you can have such a great number of children whose Tasbih (Allah is free of all defects) can become a heavy load for the earth then do it.”” He (the Imam) has said, that the next day another man came who said a similar thing and he (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘Marry al-Su’a and child bearing because I will express pride for the greater number of my followers among the nations on the Day of Judgment.’ I (the narrator) then asked abu ‘Abd Allah , ‘What is al- Su’a? ’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It means an ugly looking woman.’” 