Hadith 18

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’ –
‘Ali (Bin Al-Husayn-asws) was blessed (to his-asws parents) at Al-Medina during Thursday the fifth of Shaban of the year thirty-eight from the Emigration, in the days of his-asws grandfather-asws Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, before his-asws expiry by two years, and his-asws mother-as is mother of children, her-as name is Gazalah. And it is said, ‘But her-as name is Shahzanan-as daughter-as of Yazdjard’. And it is said other than that. And Al-Hafiz Abdul Aziz said, ‘His-asws mother-as is called Salama-as’. And Ibrahim Bin Is’haq said his-asws mother-as is Gazalah-as, mother of children’’. [21]
And in the book ‘Mawaleed Ahl Al Bayt’ – It is reported by Al Khashab Al Nahwy, by the chain, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws was blessed (to his-asws parents) during the year thirty-eight from the Emigration, before the expiry of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws by two years, and he-asws stayed with Amir Al-Momineen-asws for two years, and with Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan-asws for ten years and stayed with Abu Abdullah-asws (Al-Husayn-asws) for ten years, and his-asws age was fifty-seven years. And in another report, he-asws was blessed (to his-asws parents) in the year thirty-seven and passed away when he-asws was fifty-seven years old in the year ninety-four, and his-asws remaining after Abu Abdullah (Al-Husayn-asws) was for thirty-three years. And it is said year ninety-five. His-asws mother-as is Khowla-as daughter-as of Yazdjard, king of Persian, and she-as is the one Amir Al-Momineen-asws had named her-as as Shahzanan-as. And it is said, ‘But, her-as name is Barrah-as daughter-as of Al-Nowshajan’. And it is said, ‘Her-as name is Shehrbanu-as daughter-as of Yazdjard’. And it was said for him-asws, ‘Ibn Al-Khayrateyn’ (son of the two choices), due to the words of Rasool-Allah-saww: ‘For Allah-azwj there are two choices from His-azwj servants. He-azwj Chose Quraish from the Arabs, and from the non-Arabs, Persians’. And his-asws mother-as was a daughter-as of Chosroe’’. [22]