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His birth inside the Ka'ba is widely accepted ([[Tawatur|Mutawatir]]) by many Shi'a scholars (including [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]], [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]], [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], [[Qutb al-Rawandi]], and [[Ibn Shahrashub]]) and many Sunni scholars (including [[al-Hakim al-Nishaburi]], al-Hafiz al-Ganji al-Shafi'i, Ibn al-Jawzi al-Hanafi, Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Halabi, and [['Ali b. al-Husayn al-Mas'udi|al-Mas'udi]].)<ref>Amīnī, ''al-Ghadir'', vol. 6, p. 21-23.</ref> | His birth inside the Ka'ba is widely accepted ([[Tawatur|Mutawatir]]) by many Shi'a scholars (including [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]], [[al-Sayyid al-Radi]], [[al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], [[Qutb al-Rawandi]], and [[Ibn Shahrashub]]) and many Sunni scholars (including [[al-Hakim al-Nishaburi]], al-Hafiz al-Ganji al-Shafi'i, Ibn al-Jawzi al-Hanafi, Ibn Sabbagh al-Maliki, al-Halabi, and [['Ali b. al-Husayn al-Mas'udi|al-Mas'udi]].)<ref>Amīnī, ''al-Ghadir'', vol. 6, p. 21-23.</ref> | ||
When Ali (a) was 6 years old (17 BH/606 CE), there was a famine in [[Mecca]]. [[Abu Talib]] had a large family and supporting them was difficult, especially during the famine. Therefore, [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] and his uncle, [[al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|al-'Abbas]], decided to help Abu Talib and his family by taking care of his children. Therefore, al-'Abbas took [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib|Ja'far]], and Prophet Muhammad (s) took 'Ali (a).<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 1, p. 162.</ref> Ali (a) would speak of those days fondly: | When Ali (a) was 6 years old (17 BH/606-7 CE), there was a famine in [[Mecca]]. [[Abu Talib]] had a large family and supporting them was difficult, especially during the famine. Therefore, [[Prophet Muhammad (s)]] and his uncle, [[al-'Abbas b. 'Abd al-Muttalib|al-'Abbas]], decided to help Abu Talib and his family by taking care of his children. Therefore, al-'Abbas took [[Ja'far b. Abi Talib|Ja'far]], and Prophet Muhammad (s) took 'Ali (a).<ref>Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 1, p. 162.</ref> Ali (a) would speak of those days fondly: | ||
:"When I was a young child, the Prophet (s) took care of me. He would bring me to his chest and I would sleep in his bed, so close to him that I could even smell his scent. He would chew food for me and then feed me with it. He found no lies in my speech, nor any shortcomings in my actions."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', Sermon 192, p. 222.</ref> | :"When I was a young child, the Prophet (s) took care of me. He would bring me to his chest and I would sleep in his bed, so close to him that I could even smell his scent. He would chew food for me and then feed me with it. He found no lies in my speech, nor any shortcomings in my actions."<ref>''Nahj al-balagha'', Sermon 192, p. 222.</ref> | ||