There is Hope for Goodness if it is Small

Thiqat al-Islam Sheikh al-Kuleyni († 1104) :

Chapter: Intelligence of a Boy and Signs of his Nobility

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from all from ibn Mahbub from Khalil ibn ‘Amr al-Yashkuriy from Jamil ibn Darraj who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah [Imam al-Sadiq] (a.s.) has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) has said, ’If a boy’s scrotum is relaxed, his penis is small, his eyes are relaxed; then there is hope for goodness to come from him, as well as hope in safety from his evil. On the other hand if a boy whose scrotum is hard, his penis is large and has piercing eyes, he then is one in whose goodness there is no hope nor safety from his evil.’” [Furu' al-Kafi, Volume 6, Page 51]

(باب) * (التفرس في الغلام وما يستدل به على نجابته) * 1 - محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد، وعلي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه جميعا، عن ابن محبوب، عن خليل بن عمرو اليشكري، عن جميل بن دراج، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: كان أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يقول: إذا كان الغلام ملتاث الأدرة (2) صغير الذكر ساكن النظر فهو ممن يرجى خيره ويؤمن شره، قال: وإذا كان الغلام شديد الأدرة كبير الذكر حاد النظر فهو ممن لا يرجى خيره ولا يؤمن شره.

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