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Discipline to Follow During Childbirth

alkafi-10426Vol. 6, p. 17

كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِذَا حَضَرَتْ وِلَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ قَالَ أَخْرِجُوا مَنْ فِي الْبَيْتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ لَا يَكُونُ أَوَّلَ نَاظِرٍ إِلَى عَوْرَةٍ.

“At the time of the birth of a child, Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), would say, ’Send all women out of the house; they must not be the first to look at the privacy [genitals].