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Basti, an expert in the Mu'tazilite school of thought within Sunni Islam, writes regarding the birth of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and the customs of the women of Banu Hashim:
"It is well-known from authentic narrations among all the people of the household that Fatimah bint Asad said: When my delivery of Ali approached, it was customary among the women of Banu Hashim to enter the house (the Ka'bah) and rub their bellies against its walls to ease the delivery. But I, with my child, went out from the Ka'bah.
There is no place more honored than this [the Ka'bah], and the pure child [Imam Ali] was born in the most exalted place, the most distinguished of virtues. This distinction does not apply to the scholars or anyone we know.
Furthermore, Imam Ali has a unique distinction in the mosque, which no one shares with him, and that is that he was born in the Ka'bah."
Reference: Al-Maratib, Page 151
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