Birthplace of Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn Abi Talib (601-661 CE) was a prominent figure in early Islamic history. According to traditional accounts, Ali was the only person born inside the Kaaba in the city of Mecca.[1]

Event

The tradition states that Ali's mother was at the wall of the Kaaba when it miraculously parted, and she entered, to emerge three days later holding the infant Ali in her arms.[2]

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy wrote in his book Min Fada-il al-‘Ashrat al-Mubashireen bil Janna, "May God have mercy upon Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was born in the Kaaba."[3][4] Nurul Absar, a 19th-century book by Mu'min bin Hasan al-Shablanji al-Shafi'i, also affirms that Ali was born in the Kaaba.[5]

Accounts

Many narrators support the fact that Ali was born inside the Kaaba. These include:[6]

  • Al-Masudi in Murooj-udh-Dhahab (Volume II)[7]
  • Muhammad ibn Talha el-Shafei in Matalib-us-saool[8]
  • El-Umari in Sharh Ainia
  • Halabi in Sira (Volume I)[9]
  • Sibt ibn al-Jauzi in Tadhkera Khawasil Ummah[10]
  • Ibn Sabbagh Maleki in Fusoolul Mohimma[11]
  • Muhammad bin Yousuf Shafei in Kifayet al-Talib[12]
  • Mu'min bin Hasan al-Shablanji al-Shafi'i in Nurul Absar[13]
  • Ibn Zahra in Ghiyathul Ikhtisar[14]
  • Edvi in Nafhatul Qudsia
  • Abbas al-Aqqad in Al-'Abqarriyet al-Imam Ali[15]
  • Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy in Min Fada-il al-‘Ashrat al-Mubashireen bil Janna[16]

References
  1. Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. "Ali". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2007-10-12.
  2. "The Miracle of Imam Ali's (A.S) birth in the Holy Kaaba". Shafaqna. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. Tantawy, Muhammad Sayyid (1976). Min Fada-il al-‘Ashrat al-Mubashireen bil Janna. Cairo: Matab’a al-Ahram at-Tijariyya. p. 186.
  4. Razwy, Sayed Ali Asgher. A Restatement of the History of Islam & Muslims. pp. 41–42.
  5. al-Shablanji al-Shafi'i, Mu'min bin Hasan. Nurul Absar. Qum: Radi. p. 76.
  6. Razwy, Sayed Ali Asgher. A Restatement of the History of Islam & Muslims. p. 41.
  7. Al-Masudi, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Husayn. Murooj-udh-Dhahab (Volume II). p. 76.
  8. el-Shafei, Muhammad ibn Talha. Matalib-us-saool. p. 11.
  9. Halabi. Sira. p. 165.
  10. ibn al-Jauzi, Sibt. Tadhkera Khawasil Ummah. p. 7.
  11. Maleki, Ibn Sabbagh. Fusoolul Mohimma. p. 14.
  12. bin Yousuf Shafei, Muhammad (1984). Kifayet al-Talib. p. 261.
  13. al-Shablanji al-Shafi'i, Mu'min bin Hasan. Nurul Absar. Qum: Radi. p. 76.
  14. Ibn Zahra. Ghiyathul Ikhtisar. p. 97.
  15. al-Aqqād, Abbās Mahmūd (1970). Al-'Abqarriyet al-Imam Ali. Cairo.
  16. al-Tantawi, Mahmood Saeed (1976). Min Fada-il al-‘Ashrat al-Mubashireen bil Janna. Cairo: Matab’a al-Ahram at-Tijariyya. p. 186.
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