When we saw this...

When we saw this, we wanted to open the door, but the door could not be opened and we knew that (there is a mystery in this event and this story) it was a divine act.” This story quickly spread in the city and people were discussing it in every mountain and village the women of the veiled women also heard about this amazing story and talked about it.

Three days passed after this incident but when it was the fourth day, Fatima came out of the same portion while holding Ali in her hands and saying to the people: “Allah, the Exalted, gave me superiority over the women before me, because Asia the daughter of Muzāhim worshipped Almighty Allah in a place that He should not be worshipped except during an emergency and necessity, and Maryam, the daughter of Imran, moved the dry palm tree so that she ate fresh dates.

But I went to the House of Allah and ate Heavenly food and fruits . And when I wanted to leave the Sacred House, a voice called out: O Fatima, name this child “Ali” because Allah, the Most Mighty said: I coiled out his name from My Holy Name and taught him My manners, and I chose him to resolve the difficulty associated with My knowledge.

And he is the one who will break the idols in My House, and he is the one who shall make the call to prayer (Azān) on the roof of My House and shall sanctify Me. Woe unto the one who hates and disobeys him.” The great historian, Masūdi [6] and some of the other authorities [7] have affirmed Ali’s birth in the Ka’aba and this is considered one of the greatest distinctions of Ali: One of the greatest distinctions that Ali enjoyed was that he was born in the House of Allah.

Another contemporary Egyptian historian, Mahmūd Saeed al-Tantawi in his book published in 1976 by Matab’a al-Ahram at-Tijariyya, Cairo, Egypt, writes: “May God have mercy upon Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was born in the Ka’aba. He witnessed the rise of Islam; he witnessed the Da’wa of Muhammad, and he was a witness of the Wahy (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 [8] .” The custom among the Arabs was that when a child was born, he would be placed at the feet of the tribal idol or idols to indicate the dedication of the newborn child to the pagan deity. All Arab children were “dedicated” to the idols except Ali ibn Abi Talib, who had never bowed down or worshipped idols in his lifetime.