Was Hazrat Ali (RA) born inside the kabba, when the Kaaba Walls gave its way?

Question

I have heard from shia brother than when Imam Ali (RA) was born, he was born inside the walls of Kaabah? That is the walls broke and he was delivered inside the kaabah. I know it is hard to imagine. So my question is, is this story true?

I'm looking for Shia-sect-view answers only. As long as I am aware, Sunni do not believe in this.

Answer 1

In order to answer your question, one may direct you to this quote (or the similar ones mentioned in the wiki page) to convince you:

Nuru'd-din Bin Sabbagh Maliki in his Fusulu'l- Muhimma, Fasl I, p.14:

"No one before Ali was born in the Ka'ba. This was a distinction given to Ali in order to enhance his honor, rank, and dignity."

[People reported to be born in the Kaaba]

Or one may mention the last dialogues between Sa'sa'a bin Sohan and Imam Ali (AS) before Imam's death:

Sa'sa'a said to Ali: "Let me know who is superior, you or Adam." The Holy Imam said: "It is not proper for a man to praise himself, but according to the maxim: 'Declare the blessings that Allah has given you,' I tell you that I am superior to Adam." When asked why this was so, Ali explained that Adam had every means of mercy, comfort, and blessings for him in paradise. He was asked simply to abstain from the forbidden food. But he could not restrain himself, and he ate from the tree. As a result, he was expelled from paradise. Allah did not forbid him, Ali, from eating wheat (which, according to Muslim belief was the forbidden 'tree'). But since he had no inclination towards this temporal world, he voluntarily refrained from eating wheat. (The point of Ali's remark was that excellence of a man before Allah lies in piety and devotion, and that the height of piety lies in abstaining even from what is permissible.)

[...]Sa'sa'a asked: "Who is superior, you or Jesus?" Ali said: "I am superior, for when Mary became pregnant by the Grace of Allah, and the time of her delivery approached, a revelation was granted to her: 'Leave this holy House for this is a House for prayers, not a place for the delivery of children.' Accordingly, she left the holy House and went to the wilderness where she gave birth to Jesus. But when my mother, Fatima Bint-e-Asad, felt labor pains within the precincts of the holy Ka'ba, she clung to the wall and prayed to Allah in the name of that House and the builder of that House, to lessen her pain. Soon a fissure appeared in the wall, and my mother heard a mysterious voice telling her, "O Fatima! Enter the House of the Ka'ba.' She went in, and I was born inside of the holy Ka'ba."

Source:

 The Book: PESHAWAR NIGHTS   
 By: Sultanu'l-Wa'izin Shirazi    
 Translated by: Hamid Quinlan and Charles Ali Campbell    
 Published 1996 by Pak Books, P.O. Box EE, Palisades, NY 10964

Or even one may point at the crack on the wall of Kaaba, which is on the other(opposite) side of al-Hajar al-Aswad (the black stone) and unfortunately our Muslim brothers don't let us take photo of it.

But I just want to ask this question from those ones who deny the birth of Imam Ali(Alaihis Salaam) inside Kaaba:

If Imam Ali(AS) was not born inside Kaaba then would you tell me where else was he born? And provide me authenticate documents about it?

Answer 2

Actually this claim of Hazrat Ali being born in Kaba is just a part of a larger sinister campaign which happened around the time of civil wars after the demise of Hazrat Ali . A bunch of hypocrites wanted muslims to leave Islam by hook or by crook and it was just not possible to make them indulge in Idolatry or Shirk. It was decided by someone to exaggerate the status of Hazrat Ali slowly and steadily and finally declare Hazrat Ali to be God incarnate. Even Ali himself was aware of this sinister plan of the hypocrites which infuriated Hazrat Ali to such an extent that he tortured some of these hypocrites with fire and killed them slowly. The hypocrites were large in number and are long dead but their deeds and their traditions are flowing to this day and this is just one of those stories they concocted to ratify their claims that only God can be born in house of God(May Allah forgive!)