Hadith record

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from ‘Isma’il ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), for not having enough children and that I have no child. He (the Imam) said to me, ‘When you arrive in Iraq, marry a woman and do not mind if she is al-Su’a’.’ I then asked, ’I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is al- Su’a’?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is a woman who has certain degrees of ugliness because such woman bears more children.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.