Have you seen how Ali has done such and such?

Have you seen how Ali has done such and such?' The Prophet (pbuh) turned his face away from him. The second stood up and spoke likewise, and the Prophet (pbuh) ignored him, too. The third stood up and repeated what his fellows had previously stated, and he, too, was ignored. The fourth one stood up and stated exactly as had been stated by his fellows.

It was then that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and his progeny, turned to them with anger in his eyes and said: What do you want of Ali?

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِي'بٌ لا نَع'رِفُهُ إلا من حَدِيثِ جعفرِ بنِ سُلِيمَان. (ش) وابن جرير وصححه. Reference: o Sunan al-Tirmidhi, vol 5, #3796 (مَنَاقِبُ عَليّ بن أبي طالب رضي اللَّهُ عنهُ، يُقَالَ ولهُ كُنيتانِ أَبُو ترابٍ وأَبُو الحسنِ) o Kanz al-U'ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, vol 13, #36444 (Fada'il Ali) o Imam al-Nisa'i in his Al-Khasa'is al-Alawiyya o Mustadrak al-Hakim, by Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hakim al-Nisaburi, vol 3, #177/4579 (كتاب معرفة الصحابة رضي الله تعالى عنهم.

ومن مناقب أمير المؤمنين: علي بن أبي طالب -رضي الله تعالى عنه- مما لم يخرجاه) o al-Thahbi in his book Talkhis al-Mustadrak o Mu'ujam al-Tabarani al-Kabir, by Imam al-Tabarani (باب الظاء.