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tabarani:158ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ṣaqr al-Sukkarī > Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī > al-Wāqidī

[Machine] It is said, "Ali ibn Abi Talib was a stout and robust man, with broad shoulders, long beard, bald head, big belly, thick eyebrows, and white hair and beard."  

الطبراني:١٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الصَّقْرِ السُّكَّرِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ عَنِ الْوَاقِدِيِّ قَالَ

يُقَالُ «كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ آدَمَ رَبْعَةً مُسْمِنًا ضَخْمَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ طَوِيلَ اللِّحْيَةِ أَصْلَعَ عَظِيمَ الْبَطْنِ غَلِيظَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَبْيَضَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ»