Hadith 22

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – By the previous chain, from Abu Khadeeja, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘A man came to the Prophet-saww. He said, ‘A daughter was born for me. I nourished her and adorned her until when she had grown up. I clothed her and ornamented her. Then I came with her to a well and pushed her into its interior, and the last of what I heard from her was she said, ‘O father! ’ So what is an expiation of that? ’
He-saww said: ‘Is there for you a mother who is alive? ’ He said, ‘No’. He-saww said: ‘Is there for you a maternal aunt who is alive? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-saww said: ‘Be kind with her, for she is at the status of the mother. It shall be expiated from you what you have done’. Abu Khadeeja said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘When had this happened? ’
He-asws said: ‘It happened during the pre-Islamic period, and they were killing the daughters fearing they might be taken captive and give birth among other people’’. [22]