Hadith 2

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’ – The preacher Abu Al Muwayyid Al Khawarizmy said, from Abu Is’haq having said, ‘
‘I had seen Ali-asws, white of head (hair) and beard, large torso, middle stature from the men’. And Ibn Mandah said, ‘He-asws was of hard skin, heavy large eyes, with a torso, and he-asws was closer to being short, while of the head (hair) and the beard’. And there is an increase by Muhammad Bin Habeeb Al-Baghdadi, author of ‘Al Hibr Al-Kabeed’, in describing him-asws, ‘Brown of the colour, beautiful face, big shoulders, and famous as ‘Anza Al-Bateen’ (full of knowledge)’’ – (that is torso full of knowledge). He said, ‘But I have consolidated upon the hidden knowledge. If I had searched for it, I would have assessed as assessment regarding the remote folders. And from what is referred regarding his-asws description is what our friend has reported, the honourable narrator of the Hadeeth, and that is when Al-Saeed Badr Al-Deen sought from him the pearls of the governor of Al-Mosul that he brings out the correct Ahadeeth and things from what is referred regarding merits of Amir Al-Momineen-asws and his-asws description, and he wrote upon twelve candles burning down, which carried to his-asws witnesses, and I saw it. ‘He said, ‘He-asws middle stature from the men, sharp eyes, handsome face, as if he-asws was the full moon on the night of the full moon, beautiful, large torso, wide shoulder, strong palms, elevated as if his-asws neck was a silver pitcher, short-haired, bushy beard. There were muscles to his-asws shoulders like the ferocious lion, his-asws upper arm was not apparent from his-asws lower arm. And it had been joined by joints such that if he-asws were to withhold a man with the forearm, would withhold him by himself-asws, he would not be able to breathe, strong arms and hands. When he-asws walked to the war, he-asws would sprint; firm shoulders, strong, brave, victorious upon the one he-asws met (in battle)’’. [3]