1. `Abd ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Wahhab al-Sajzi said in Naysabur that Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hamzah al-Sha`rani al-`Ammari from the children of `Ammar ibn Yasir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu Muhammad `Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn `Abd al-Baqi, al-Adhani said in Adhanah that `ali ibn al-Hasan al-Ma`ani said: `Abd Allah ibn Yazid related to, on the authority of Yahya ibn `Uqbah ibn Abu al-`Ayzar that Muhammad ibn Hajjar said, on the authority of Yazid ibn al-Asamm that

A man asked `Umar ibn al-Khattab, “O Commander of the Faithful! What is the meaning of `Glory be to Allah’ [subhan Allah]?” He replied, “Verily, there is a man within these walls who informs when asked, and informs when there is silence.” So the man entered and it was `Ali ibn Abu Talib ; hence, he asked, “O Father of Hasan! What is the meaning of `Glory be to Allah’?” He answered, “It is revering the Glory of Allah, the Mighty and High, and the negation of whatever every polytheist attributes to Him. Therefore, when a servant says this, all the angels bless him.”