قَالَ مُصَنِّفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ حَوَّاءَ خُلِقَتْ مِنْ فَضْلَةِ الطِّينَةِ الَّتِي خُلِقَ مِنْهَا آدَمُ ع وَ كَانَتْ تِلْكَ الطِّينَةُ مُبْقَاةً مِنْ طِينَةِ أَضْلَاعِهِ لَا أَنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنْ ضِلْعِهِ بَعْدَ مَا أُكْمِلَ خَلْقُهُ فَأُخِذَ ضِلْعٌ مِنْ أَضْلَاعِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَخُلِقَتْ مِنْهَا وَ لَوْ كَانَ كَمَا يَقُولُ الْجُهَّالُ لَكَانَ لِمُتَكَلِّمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّشْنِيعِ طَرِيقٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ إِنَّ آدَمَ كَانَ يَنْكِحُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ هَكَذَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ النَّخْلَةَ مِنْ فَضْلَةِ طِينَةِ آدَمَ ع وَ كَذَلِكَ الْحَمَامُ فَلَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ مَأْخُوذاً مِنْ جَسَدِهِ بَعْدَ إِكْمَالِ خَلْقِهِ لَمَا جَازَ أَنْ يَنْكِحَ حَوَّاءَ فَيَكُونَ قَدْ نَكَحَ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ لَا جَازَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ التَّمْرَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكُونُ قَدْ أَكَلَ بَعْضَهُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْحَمَامُ.
The author of this book, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on him, said: Indeed, Hawwa (Eve) was created from the leftover clay from which Adam عليه السلام was created. That clay was preserved from the clay of his ribs, not that she was created from his rib after his creation was completed and a rib from his left ribs was taken to create her. Had it been as the ignorant claim, it would have given critics an opportunity to say that Adam married a part of himself. Similarly, Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Majestic, created the date palm from the leftover clay of Adam عليه السلام, and likewise the pigeons. If all of this had been taken from his body after his creation was complete, it would not have been permissible for him to marry Hawwa, for it would mean he married a part of himself. Nor would it have been permissible for him to eat dates, for that would imply he consumed a part of himself, and the same applies to the pigeons.
