faqih-2472Vol. 2, p. 289
لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ نَرَى الدَّوَابَّ فِي بُطُونِ أَيْدِيهَا مِثْلُ الرُّقْعَتَيْنِ[1] فِي بَاطِنِ يَدَيْهَا مِثْلُ الْكَيِ[2] فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ هُوَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ مَوْضِعُ مَنْخِرَيْهِ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ.
I said to him, "May I be your ransom! We see markings on the undersides of the forelegs of animals, like two patches or brands. What is that?" Imam (as) replied: "That is the place where their nostrils were positioned while they were in their mother's womb."