Hadith Scan

Hafiz Ganjī, a scholar of the Shāfi‘ī school of thought in Ahl al-Sunnah, writes in Kifāyat al-Ṭālib, Pages 405-406:
"Amīr al-Mu’minīn Ali ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him) was born in Mecca, in the House of Allah, on the night of Friday, the 13th of Rajab, in the 30th year of the Year of the Elephant. No one was born in the Holy House of Allah before him or after him, except for him, as an honor to him and to magnify his status."
Upon careful consideration of Ganjī's words, we understand that he not only refers to the birth of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) in the Ka‘bah but also emphasizes that this unique virtue has been granted to no one other than Imam Ali (peace be upon him).