Al-Kafi 10585

Translation

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Jumhour, from his father, from Fazala Bin Ayoub, from Sakuny having said: ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah^asws and I was gloomy, distressed. So he^asws said to me: ‘O Sakuny! From what is your gloom?’ I said, ‘A daughter has been born unto me’. So he^asws said: ‘O Sakuny! Upon the earth is her weight (to carry), and upon Allah^azwj is her sustenance. She would live in other than your term, and she would eat from other than your sustenance’. So, by Allah^azwj, he^asws made me joyful. So he^asws said to me: ‘What have you named her?’ I said, ‘Fatima’. He^asws said: ‘Aah! Aah!’ Then he^asws placed his^asws hand upon his^asws forehead, so he^asws said; ‘Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘The right of a child upon its parent, when it was a male, is that his mother be respected, and his name be good, and he should be taught the Book of Allah^azwj, and he should be clean, and be taught the swimming. And when it was a female, is that her mother be respected, and her name be good, and she should be taught <span class="iTxt">Surah Al-Noor</span> (Chapter 24), and she should not be taught <span class="iTxt">Surah Yusuf</span> (Chapter 12), and not be made them descend from the chambers, and her hasten her release to the house of her husband. But, when you have named her as Fatima, so neither insult her, nor curse her, nor hit her’.

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