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bayhaqi:20408Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan al-Qāḍī > Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Duḥaym al-Shaybānī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Abū al-Ḥanīn > Musaddad > Hushaym > al-ʿAwwām b. Ḥawshab > al-Azhar b. Rāshid > Kān

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not seek guidance from the fire of the polytheists, and do not inscribe anything in Arabic on your rings." So they went to Al-Hassan and said to him, "Indeed, Anas has narrated to us today a hadith that we do not know what it is." He asked them, "And what did he narrate to you?" So they mentioned it to him. He said, "Yes, as for his statement 'Do not inscribe anything in Arabic on your rings,' it means do not inscribe 'Muhammad' on your rings. And as for his statement 'Do not seek guidance from the fire of the polytheists,' it means do not seek consultation from the polytheists in any of your matters. And the confirmation of that is in the book of Allah (glorified and exalted be He), 'O you who have believed, do not take as intimates those other than yourselves, for they will not spare you [any] ruin.' [Surah Al-Imran, 3:118]."  

البيهقي:٢٠٤٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْقَاضِي ثنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دُحَيْمٍ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَنِينِ ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنِ الْعَوَّامِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنِ الْأَزْهَرِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ فَإِذَا حَدَّثَهُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ لَا يَدْرُونَ مَا هُوَ أَتَوُا الْحَسَنَ فَفَسَّرَ لَهُمْ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَسْتَضِيئُوا بِنَارِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَا تَنْقُشُوا فِي خَوَاتِيمِكُمْ عَرَبِيًّا فَأَتَوَا الْحَسَنَ فَقَالُوا إِنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِحَدِيثٍ لَا نَدْرِي مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ وَمَا حَدَّثَكُمْ؟ فَذَكَرُوهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ لَا تَنْقُشُوا فِي خَوَاتِيمِكُمْ عَرَبِيًّا فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ لَا تَنْقُشُوا فِي خَوَاتِيمِكُمْ مُحَمَّدًا وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ لَا تَسْتَضِيئُوا بِنَارِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ لَا تَسْتَشِيرُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ أُمُورِكُمْ وَتَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻِّ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا بِطَانَةً مِنْ دُونِكُمْ لَا يَأْلُونَكُمْ خَبَالًا} [آل عمران 118]