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'He who loves us, the holy Household, let him praise Allah for the first blessing.' He was asked, 'What is the first blessing?' to which he replied, 'Legitimate birth, for only he loves us whose birth [i.e. conception] is legitimate.'

Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa [sawa]

al-Mahasin, v. 1, p. 232, no. 419. Mishkdt al-Anwar, p. 153, no. 373

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