ʿAli said: There was a time before dawn when I would ask to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he was praying, he would say Subhan Allah to me, and that was my permission to enter; if he was not praying, he would give me permission to enter. (Using translation from Aḥmad 570)
قَالَ عَلِيٌّ «كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ سَبَّحَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ إِذْنُهُ لِي وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صَلَاتِهِ أَذِنَ لِي»
ʿAli said: There was a time before dawn when I would ask to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he was praying, he would say Subhan Allah to me, and that was my permission to enter; if he was not praying, he would give me permission to enter.
عَلِيٌّ كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ بِي فَكَانَ ذَاكَ إِذْنُهُ لِي وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُصَلِّي أَذِنَ لِي
[Machine] Ali said to me, "I had an opportunity to spend an hour during the night with the Prophet ﷺ . If he was in prayer, I would join him in prayer, and if he was not in prayer, he would give me permission and mention the rest of his conversation. Musaddad reported it from Abdul Wahid regarding mentioning tasbeeh without mentioning Harith in the chain.
قَالَ لِي عَلِيٌّ ؓ كَانَتْ لِي سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ أَدْخُلُ فِيهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ سَبَّحَ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ إِذِنٌ لِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي صَلَاةٍ أَذِنَ لِي وَذَكَرَ بَاقِي الْحَدِيثِ تَابَعَهُ مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ فِي التَّسْبِيحِ دُونَ ذِكْرِ الْحَارِثِ فِي إِسْنَادِهِ