Miracle 42: The Infant Imam Ali (a.s.) Tears the Swaddling Cloths

It is narrated from Hazrat Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.),

‘Janabe Fatima binte Asad (s.a.) said: ‘I tied him (Imam Ali (a.s.) as a baby) and wrapped him (a.s.) in his swaddle cloth, but he (a.s.) tore it. Then I put him to be in two swaddle clothes, but he tore them as well. Then Janabe Fatima binte Asad (s.a.) put him (a.s.) in three, and four, and five, and six, from these being one of skin, and silk, but he (a.s.) kept on tearing these.

Then he (a.s.) said: ‘O mother! Do not tie my hands for I am want to pray to my Lord with my fingers’’.¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 41, Chp 113, Trad 1 ↩