أَصَابَ رَجُلٌ غُلَامَيْنِ فِي بَطْنٍ فَهَنَّأَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهُمَا الْأَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ الَّذِي خَرَجَ أَوَّلًا فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) الَّذِي خَرَجَ آخِراً هُوَ أَكْبَرُ أَ مَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا حَمَلَتْ بِذَاكَ أَوَّلًا وَ إِنَّ هَذَا دَخَلَ عَلَى ذَاكَ فَلَمْ يُمْكِنْهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ حَتَّى خَرَجَ هَذَا فَالَّذِي يَخْرُجُ آخِراً هُوَ أَكْبَرُهُمَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Ahseym, from one of his companions who said, ‘A man got two boys (twins) in one pregnancy. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> congratulated him, then said: ‘Which of the two is the elder one?’ So he said, ‘The one who came out first’. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who came out last is the elder. Do you not know that she was impregnated with that first, and this one entered upon that? Thus, it is not possible for him that he would come out, until this one (comes out). So the one who comes out last, he is the elder of the two’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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