Hadith 66

wal in the year thirty-six, and it is said he-asws was born on the day of Thursday 18th Shaban, and it is said year thirty-eighth at Al Medina in the caliphate of his-asws grandfather-asws Amir Al Momineen-asws. And in the book ‘Al Tazkirah’, Ali Bin Al-Husayn Zayn Al Abideen-asws was born in the year thirty-eight, and in it Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr was killed at Egypt’. His speech ended summarising the situations of this day and he did not refer to anything from the incidents of the sixteenth day. In ‘Tareekh’ of Al Mufeed, it is stated that on the 17th of Rabbi Al Awwal, at the dawn of Friday, in the Year of the Elephant, our chief and our master, Rasool-Allah-saww was born, and it is a noble day, mighty of the Blessings. It is recommended to fast it and giving the charity in it, and the voluntary acts with the good deeds, and entering the cheerfulness upon the people of Eman. And in the book ‘Asmaa Hujajallah’ – Rasool-Allah-saww was born on the 17th night of the month of Rabbi Al Awwal in the year of the elephant. And in the book ‘Al Misbah’, and during the 17th day of the month of Rabbi Al Awwal, at the emergence of dawn on the day of Friday in the year of elephant was the birth of our chief Rasool-Allah-saww. And in ‘Kitab Al Hujjah’, Rasool-Allah-saww was born on the 12th night past from the month of Rabbi Al Awwal in the year of the elephant on the day of Friday at the midday; and in a report as well at the emergence of dawn before forty years before the Prophet-hood, and his-saww mother-as had conceived him-saww during the days of ‘Al Tashreeq’ (11th, 12th, and 13th of Zil Hijjah) in the year of the elephant on the day of Friday at midday; and it is reported as well, at the emergence of dawn forty years before the Prophet-hood, and his-saww mother had conceived him-saww during the days of ‘Al Tashreeq’ at the middle rock (of the three rocks). And in the book ‘Al Durr Al Saheeh’, he-saww was born at the emergence of dawn of the day of Friday 17th of Rabbi Al Awwal after fifty-five days after destruction of companions (army) of the elephants, and the general Muslims say it was the day of Monday the eights or the tenth of Rabbi Al Awwal of seven remaining from the king Anusheyrwan; and it is said during the rule of Hurmuz Bin Anusheyrwan, and Al Tabari mentioned that his-saww birth happened during the Monday and forty years from rule of the king Anusheyrwan, and it is the correct due to his-saww own words: ‘I-saww was born in the era of the just king Anusheyrwan’, and it coincided with the 20th February from the Roman months. And in ‘Kitab Mawaleed Al Aimma-asws’, the Prophet-saww was born on the 13 remaining from the month of Rabi Al Awwal in the year of the elephant on the day of Friday with the midday; and in a report, at the emergence of dawn forty years before the Prophet-hood, and his-saww mother conceived him-saww during the days of Al Tashreeq at the middle rock; and it is said he-saww was born on the day of Monday end of the day of 13th Rabbi Al Awwal in the year nine hundred and eight of Al Iskander in the cave of Abu Talib-as during the rule of Anusheyrwan. And in the book ‘Al Manaqib’, our master Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq-asws was born at Al Medina on the day of Friday at the emergence of dawn; and it is said on the day of Monday of 13th night remaining from the month of Rabbi Al Awwal of the years eighty-three; and they said the year eighty-six; and in the book ‘Al-Kafi’, he-asws was born in the year eighty-three. And like that is in ‘Kitab Al Irshad’, and like that in ‘Kitab Ateeq’, and like that in ‘Kitab Mawaleed Al Aimma-asws’, and like that is in the book ‘Al Durr’, and it is said on the day of Monday of 17th Rabbi Al Awwal of the year eighty-three at Al Medina in the government of Abdul Malik Bin Marwan. And he, may his soul be sanctified, said regarding occurrences of the 18th day of the months, the event of Ghadeer Khumm happened during the 18th day of Zil Hijjah, and it is a day of Eid Al Ghadeer, and in it Rasool-Allah-saww nominated Ali-asws for the caliphate, and in the 18th day of Zil Hijjah as well of the year thirty-five of the Hijrah Usman Bin Affan Bin Al Hakam Bin Abu Al Aas Bin A