٤٩- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَعْطى‏ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ خَلْقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدى‏ قَالَ لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللهِ إِلا وَهُوَ يُعْرَفُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ الذَّكَرُ مِنَ الأنْثَى قُلْتُ مَا يَعْنِي ثُمَّ هَدى‏ قَالَ هَدَاهُ لِلنِّكَاحِ وَالسِّفَاحِ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ.
49. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from Ibrahim ibn Maymun from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . He gave everything its creation and then gave it guidance.’ (20:52) He (the Imam) said, ‘There is no creature of Allah but that He knows its shape and that it is a male or a female.’ I then asked, ‘What is the meaning of, ‘then He gave it guidance’?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He guided it to marriage or out of wedlock according to its shape and form.’” 