Birthplace of Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn Abi Talib (601-661 CE) was a prominent figure in early Islamic history. He had been taken into his cousin Muhammad's household as a child, and was among the earliest and youngest converts to Islam, converting at the age of 10. Later, he married Muhammad's daughter Fatima Zahra and fathered Muhammad's two grandsons. He was one of Muhammad's trusted lieutenants.

Event

Shi'a sources in particular say that Ali was the only person born inside the Kaaba in the city of Mecca.[1] The tradition states that Ali's mother was at the wall of the Kaaba when it parted, and she entered, to emerge three days later holding the infant Ali in her arms. Numerous sources contend that he was born beside the Kaaba, but not inside the area apparent upon entering through the door, as it was filled with idols. According to the tradition, Ali did not open his eyes until his cousin Muhammad approached. Muhammad took the baby in his hands, put his tongue inside Ali's mouth in an act representing the passing of knowledge, and when the baby sucked on the saliva of this man, he opened his eyes. This is why Muhammad was the first person whom Ali saw as a newborn. Muhammad asked Fatima Binte Asad if she had a name picked out for the child. She informed him that while she was inside, 'being cared for by the beings of heaven who assisted in the effortless delivery of the child', she was told by a majestic voice that this child has been named Ali, meaning "the exalted one".

Sunni sources reporting that Ali was born inside the Kaaba also exist. For example, 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. He witnessed the rise of Islam; he witnessed the Da’wa of Muhammad, and he was a witness of the Wahi (Revelation of Al-Qur’an al-Majid). He immediately accepted Islam even though he was still a child, and he fought all his life so that the Word of Allah would be supreme."[2][3] 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.[4]

Citations

Many narrators support the fact that Ali was born inside the Kaaba. These include:[5]

  • Al-Masudi in Murooj-udh-Dhahab (Volume II)[6]
  • Muhammad ibn Talha el-Shafei in Matalib-us-saool[7]
  • El-Umari in Sharh Ainia
  • Halabi in Sira (Volume I)[8]
  • Sibt ibn al-Jauzi in Tadhkera Khawasil Ummah[9]
  • Ibn Sabbagh Maleki in Fusoolul Mohimma[10]
  • Muhammad bin Yousuf Shafei in Kifayet al-Talib[11]
  • Mu'min bin Hasan al-Shablanji al-Shafi'i in Nurul Absar[12]
  • Ibn Zahra in Ghiyathul Ikhtisar[13]
  • Edvi in Nafhatul Qudsia
  • Abbas al-Aqqad in Al-'Abqarriyet al-Imam Ali[14]
  • Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy in Min Fada-il al-‘Ashrat al-Mubashireen bil Janna[15]

References

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