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Born in the Kaabah: A story in pictures and poetry
More than 1,400 years ago, a pregnant Fatimah bint Assad, Peace be upon her, (فاطمة بنت أسد، عليها السلام), was performing tawaf (طواف) (walking counter-clockwise around the exalted Kaabah (الكعبة، أعزها الله) when she started laboring. As she approached the Kaabah's Yemeni Foundation (or Corner) (ar-Rukn al-Yamani - الركن اليماني), which faces the direction towards Yemen (hence the name), the ancient granite stone building ruptured and opened-up. Fatimah bint Assad, PBUH, then entered the Kaabah through the slit where she delivered her holy son, the Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb (الإمام علي بن أبي طالب، عليه السلام), PBUH, and they remained there for three days. During their stay inside the Kaabah, Fatimah and her son, Peace be upon them, were served foods from the Heavens. 2006-01-11 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 The Holy Kaabah (الكعبة) in al-Masjid al-Haraam, Mecca, al-Hijaz, Saudi Arabia. Al-Kaabah is the birthpalce of the Sign of God, Ali ibn Abi Talib, PBUH&HF.
In the above photograph of al-Kaabah, ar-Rukn al-Yamani is visible to the right, next to the standing worshiper dressed in white. The area of the Kaabah which ruptured for Fatimah bint Assad, PBUH, remains evident, clearly visible and impossible to repair even today! Since the occurrence of that World-changing event, the Kaabah has been destructed, rebuilt, and renovated numerous times, yet the Yemeni Corner keeps disintegrating continuously and remains distinguished from the rest of the structure. The only way to seal the slit in the Yemeni Foundation of the Kaabah has been to use special concrete (instead of granite rocks) in combination with long stainless steel nails as well as molten metal for support (see photos below).
Fatimah bint Assad, PBUH, is buried in al-Baqi (البقيع) in al-Madinah (Medina - المدينة المنورة) near her grandsons al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Mujtaba (الحسن المجتبى، عليه السلام), Ali ibn al-Hussain Zeyn-el-Aabideen (علي زين العابدين، عليه السلام), Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqer (محمد الباقر، عليه السلام), and Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (جعفر الصادق، عليه السلام), and close to the tomb of Prophet Muhammad (النبي محمد، صلى الله عليه وآله), PBUH&HF, who is buried in the Mosque of the Prophet (المسجد النبوي), and the Mistress of the Females of the Universes, Fatimah az-Zahra (فاطمة الزهراء، سيدة نساء العالمين، صلوات الله عليها), Peace be upon her, who is buried in a hidden grave located in either Baqi, or most likely, in ar-Rawdah an-Nabawiyah (الروضة النبوية) in the Mosque of the Prophet. Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, PBUH, is buried in an-Najaf (النجف), Iraq (العراق). 2006-01-11 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 The ruptured area of the exalted Kaabah is to the left of the standing worshiper dressed in white. This area of the Kaabah is distinguished from the rest of the stone structure with its different colors and tone. While the Kaabah is constructed with local granite stones, the ruptured area of ar-Rukn al-Yamani is molded using special concrete as well as molten metal and long stainless steel nails. Novice pilgrims often mistake this area of the Kaabah for the corner carrying the Black Stone (الحجر الأسود) and raise their hands to salute it while passing by it.
2006-01-02 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Stainless steel nails are driven into the miraculous ar-Rukn al-Yamani of the Kaabah to prevent it from disintegrating. This area of the Kaabah requires constant maintenance as it keeps breaking up.
2006-01-04 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Long stainless steel nails are driven into ar-Rukn al-Yamani of the Kaabah to prevent it from rupturing again. Four of these nails are visible above the hand of the worshiper. This area of the Kaabah is a Living Miracle Over the centuries, many rulers have attempted to seal and hide the rupture but to no success The miraculous birth of Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, PBUH, (علي بن أبي طالب، عليه السلام), shall remain evident to all visitors of the Kaabah until Judgment Day (يوم القيامة) Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, PBUH, is the first and last human being to be born in the holiest temple in Islam Never did it happen before Ali, PBUH, and never shall it happen again.
2006-01-04 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Special concrete and molten metal as well as stainless steel nails are used to prevent the lower part of the Yemeni Corner of the Kaabah from disintegrating. This corner of the Kaabah miraculously ruptured more than 1,400 years ago so that Fatimah bint Assad, PBUH, (فاطمة بنت أسد، عليها السلام), can deliver her son, Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb, PBUH, (الإمام علي بن أبي طالب، عليه السلام), inside the Kaabah Indeed, God exalted the Kaabah with the birth of Imam Ali, PBUH, within its walls; and He exalted Imam Ali, PBUH, with his delivery into this World inside the Kaabah.
2006-01-11 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Pilgrims touching the miraculous Yemeni Foundation (or Corner) of the Kaabah. This corner is named Yemeni because it points in the direction of Yemen (اليمن).
2006-01-11 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Worshipers touching the miraculous ar-Rukn al-Yamani of the Kaabah. One of the stainless steel nails used to prevent ar-Rukn al-Yamani from falling apart is visible to the right of the hand of the pilgrim.
2006-01-02 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 A worshiper touching the miraculous Rukn al-Yamani (الركن اليماني) of the Kaabah (الكعبة). One of the stainless steel nails used to prevent the bottom of ar-Rukn al-Yamani from falling apart is visible above the little finger of the pilgrim.
2006-01-04 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Lebanese-American pilgrims kissing the miraculous Rukn al-Yamani (الركن اليماني) of the exalted Kaabah.
"سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ" (الإسراء)
 "Glory be to God Who took His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We (God) did bless." (Quran 17:1)
The Exalted Kaabah is not the first Qibla (direction of paryer - القبلة) in Islam Al-Aqsa Mosque (المسجد الأقصى) in al-Quds (القدس) is in fact the First Qibla (أولى القبلتين) towards which the early Muslims have prayed Indeed, the first true martyrs of Islam, who fought under the leadership of Prophet Muhammad, PBUH&HF, have been laid to rest facing towards al-Quds, Palestine (فلسطين). God willing, let's never forget that our dearest First Qibla and Third Mosque in Islam, al-Aqsa, is burdened by its occupation and awaiting its promised day of liberation by al-Imam al-Mahdi, PBUH&HF, (الإمام المهدي، عليه السلام). Verily, it is in al-Aqsa mosque where al-Imam al-Mahdi, PBUH&HF, and the Messenger of God Jesus son of Mary, Peace be upon them, (عيسى بن مريم، عليهما السلام), shall soon together pray. 2006-01-11 (Hajj Season 1426 H)
 Sam Bazzi, founder of the Islamic Counterterrorism Institute, in front of the Kaabah, inside al-Masjid al-Haraam, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Brought to you, most gratefully, by Sam Bazzi. Sam Bazzi is an American counterterrorism and counter-ideology expert. He is the founder of the Islamic Counterterrorism Institute. Bazzi blogs at sambazzi.com.
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