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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Mary and Jesus in Islam Miracles of Jesus Al-Suddi has said that when Jesus was at his class, he used to tell his fellows what their parents were doing. He would tell one of them, “Go home and see that your family has eaten such-and-such food,” or “they have left such-and-such for you,” so he would go home and ask his parents to let him have it. The family would in turn ask him how he came to know about it, and he would say that Jesus had told him.

For this reason, the parents prohibited their children from having anything to do with Jesus, telling them that he was a sorcerer. They once gathered them all together at a house, and Jesus came and wanted to see them. When he asked who were confined inside the house, it was maliciously said to him, “Pigs.” He said, “So shall they be,” whereupon the door of the house was opened and indeed pigs came out of the house, and the news of the incident became widespread.

The Children of Israel felt fed up with Jesus. They wanted to get rid of him. When his mother sensed the danger, she conveyed him on a donkey and went out to Egypt[^1]. When Jesus and his mother, peace be upon both of them, came out wandering about in the land, they left the Children of Israel behind and came to a villager who hosted them and was very kind to them. The [^1] The discreet reader realizes that reference to Egypt does not mean today's Egypt.

We are talking not about now but about two thousand years ago. At that time, Egypt was a “superpower” that had extended its domination to a large part of its contemporary world. This statement means: “Mary conveyed Jesus on a donkey and went out to the lands under Egypt's control.” Mary was avoiding the brutality of the Romans and those who worked for them. Some parts of Palestine (Greater Syria) at that time fell under Egypt's control.

(81) king during that time was a stubborn oppressor, so their host one day came back home looking very depressed. He entered his house while Mary was in his wife's company. Mary asked his wife why her husband looked so depressed, whereupon she said to her, “Our king compels every man to take care of feeding him and his soldiers and serve them wine; anyone who refused would be penalized.