سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ بَعْضُ وُلْدِهِ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ يُقَدِّمُ بَعْضَ وُلْدِهِ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَدْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) نَحَلَ مُحَمَّداً وَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) نَحَلَ أَحْمَدَ شَيْئاً فَقُمْتُ أَنَا بِهِ حَتَّى حُزْتُهُ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ بَنَاتُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بَنِيهِ فَقَالَ الْبَنَاتُ وَ الْبَنُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِقَدْرِ مَا يُنَزِّلُهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Sa’ad Bin Sa’ad Al Ashary who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> about the man for whom some of his children happen to be more beloved to him than others, and he placed some of his children forward upon others. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> had done that, bestowing upon Muhammad, and Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> had done that, having bestowed something upon Ahmad, so I<sup>asws</sup> arose with him until I got it for him’. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! The man to whom his daughters happen to be more beloved to him than this sons?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The daughters and the sons with regards to that are equal. But rather, it is in accordance to what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Sends down for them from Him<sup>azwj</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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