Hadith 9

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub –
In a strange Hadeeth from Abu Abdullah as well. Abu Sabrah said, ‘Two men came to Umar. They said to him, ‘What is your view regarding divorce of the slave girl? ’
He stood to go to a circle (of people) in which there was a short-haired man. He asked him-asws. He-asws said: ‘Two’. He (Umar) turned to them both. He said, ‘Two’. One of them said to him, ‘We came to you and you are commander of the faithful. We asked you about the divorce of the slave girl. You went to a man and asked him. By Allah-azwj! He did not even talk to you? ’
Umar said to him, ‘Woe be to you! Do you know who this is? This is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws! I heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Even if the skies and the earth were placed in a hand and Eman of Ali-asws (placed) in a hand, the Eman of Ali-asws would outweigh! ’’[9]
And it is reported by Masqala Bin Abdullah Al-Abdy (a poem) – We have narrated in the Hadeeth, a report known to all who have transmitted it, that a man came to Ibn Al-Khattab and said, ‘What is the waiting period for the divorce of slave women? ’ He said: ‘O Haydar! How many divorces for the slave woman? Tell us! ’ Then Al-Murtaza-asws gestured with two fingers, then he (Umar) turned his face to the questioner and said, ‘Two’. Then he asked him, ‘Do you know who this is? ’ He replied, ‘No’. He said to him, ‘This is Ali-asws the possessor of exalted rank! ’’[10]