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قَالَ وُلِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ رَأْسَانِ وَ صَدْرَانِ فِي حَقْوٍ[3] وَاحِدٍ فَسُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ أَوْ وَاحِدٍ فَقَالَ يُتْرَكُ حَتَّى يَنَامَ ثُمَّ يُصَاحُ بِهِ فَإِنِ انْتَبَهَا جَمِيعاً مَعاً كَانَ لَهُ مِيرَاثُ وَاحِدٍ وَ إِنِ انْتَبَهَ وَاحِدٌ وَ بَقِيَ الْآخَرُ نَائِماً يُوَرَّثُ مِيرَاثَ اثْنَيْنِ. - عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that in the time of ’ Amir al-Mu’minin a child was bom with two heads and two chests on one groin. ’ Amir al-Mu’minin was asked about it; if the child receives inheritance for one or for two. He (the Imam) said, ‘The child must be allowed to sleep then called to wake up. If both wake up

رَأَيْتُ بِفَارِسَ امْرَأَةً لَهَا رَأْسَانِ وَ صَدْرَانِ فِي حَقْوٍ وَاحِدٍ مُتَزَوِّجَةً تَغَارُ[4] هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذِهِ وَ هَذِهِ عَلَى هَذِهِ قَالَ وَ حَدَّثَنَا غَيْرُهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا كَذَلِكَ وَ كَانَا حَائِكَيْنِ يَعْمَلَانِ جَمِيعاً عَلَى حَفٍّ وَاحِدٍ[5].

“In Fars I saw a woman who had two heads and two chests on one groin. She was married and one expressed jealousy toward the other. Other people have narrated to us that he saw a man as such.”