1 . أَخْبَرَنَا حَيْدَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمُوسَوِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ حَمْلًا أَوْ وِلَادَةً، أَفَيَجُوزُ لَهَا أَنْ تَسْتَأْجِرَ امْرَأَةً أُخْرَى لِتَحْمِلَ وَلَدَهَا وَتَلِدَهُ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا تَشْتَرِكُ امْرَأَتَانِ فِي وَلَدٍ وَاحِدٍ.
Translation of the saying:
Haidar ibn Sa‘id al-Musawi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about a woman who cannot become pregnant or give birth, is it permissible for her to hire another woman to carry her child and give birth to him? So he said: “Two women do not share one child.”
2 . أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْهَرَوِيُّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تُؤْجِرُ رَحِمَهَا مِنْ زَوْجَيْنِ لَا يُولَدُ لَهُمَا، فَتُنَبِّتُ مَاءَهُمَا أَوْ جَنِينَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: لَا وَاللَّهِ، لَا يُشَارِكُ فِي أَوْلَادِ النَّاسِ إِلَّا شَيْطَانٌ، أَمَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ﴾[1]؟!
Translation of the saying:
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Harawi informed us, he said: I asked Mansoor about a woman who leases her womb out to a couple who have no children, then she has their fluid or their fetus grow (in her womb). So he said: “No, I swear to God, none but Satan shares children with people. Have you not heard the words of God Almighty that has said (to him): ‘And share with them in wealth and children’?!”
3 . أَخْبَرَنَا جُبَيْرُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ الْخُجَنْدِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْعَالِمَ يَقُولُ: مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرَ امْرَأَةً لِرَحِمِهَا فَإِنَّمَا اسْتَأْجَرَ شَيْطَانَةً، وَلَا يُولَدُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانَةِ إِلَّا شَيْطَانٌ.
Translation of the saying:
Jubayr ibn Ata’ al-Khojandi informed us, he said: I heard the scholar (i.e., Mansoor) say: “Whoever hires a woman for her womb has only hired a she-devil, and nothing is born from a she-devil but a devil.”
4 . أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الطِّهْرَانِيُّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ يَقُولُ وَعِنْدَهُ عِيسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مُؤْجِرَ الْأَرْحَامِ وَمُسْتَأْجِرَهَا! أَلَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ لِي أَمْرٌ لَجَلَدْتُهُمَا أَوْ عَذَّبْتُهُمَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا! فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُلْتُ لِعِيسَى: مَا أَرَادَ بِالْعَذَابِ الشَّدِيدِ؟ قَالَ: أَرَادَ حَدَّ الْمُحَارَبَةِ لِأَنَّهُمَا أَفْسَدَا فِي الْأَرْضِ.
Translation of the saying:
Hasan ibn Qasim al-Tehrani informed us, he said: I heard Mansoor say while Isa ibn Abd al-Hamid was with him: “May God curse those who lease out wombs and those who lease wombs! Be aware that, I swear to God, if I had authority, I would either flog them or punish them severely!” Then, when His Honor went out, I said to Isa: “What did he mean by punishing severely?” He said: “He meant the punishment of waging war (against God and His Prophet); because they have spread corruption on the earth.”