Hadith 1

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib of Ibn Shehr Ashub Ibn Is’haq and Ibn Shihab, ‘He wrote down the appearance of Amir Al-Momineen-asws confirmed by the servant, so Amro Bin Al-Aas took it, so it rubbed his nose and cut it, and he wrote that Abu Turab-asws was hard of skin, large belly, and thin legs, and approximate to that. So, for that reason the differing occurred regarding his-asws appearance’’. [1]
And it is mentioned in Kitab Al Siffeen, and approximate to it from Jabir and Ibn Al Hanafiya, ‘Ali-asws was a stocky (short and bulky) man, medium stature, thick eyebrows (like a bow), sharp eyes, wide eyes inclining to the deep blue (that eye colour is disliked for a Momin in other Ahadith), as if his-asws face was the moon on the night of the full moon, handsome, and he-asws was towards the brown (of complexion), there was short hair for him-asws light from behind, as if it was a crown, and as if his-asws neck was a silver pitcher; And he-asws was observed to have a large stomach, strong back, wide chest, strong body, thick and short palms, large sections, his-asws apparent from his-asws forearm having been joined with a chubby joint of the arms, wide shoulders, large bones like bones of the ferocious lion, a beard which had adorned his-asws chest, thick muscles, think legs’. Al-Mugheira (a well-known Nasibi) said, ‘Ali-asws was upon the appearance of a lion. Thicker from him-asws is whatever was thick from it, thickness from him-asws is what is thickness from it’’. [2]