MIRACLE 44 – STRENGTH IN CHILDHOOD

Allamah Majlisi writes in Behar al-Anwaar,

Hazrat Abu Talib (a.s.) gathered his sons and the sons of his brothers, then he (a.s.) instructed them with wrestling, and that was a mannerism among the Arabs. Imam Ali (a.s.) turned up his sleeved from his arm while he (a.s.) was a child, and he (a.s.) wrestled his elder brothers and their young ones, and elders of the clan of his uncle, and their young ones, and brought them all down. His father said: ‘Ali (a.s.) has prevailed (Zaheer) and named him (a.s.) as ‘Zaheera’. ¹

Footnotes

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