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ذِكْرُ زَجْرِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ أُمَّتَهُ أَنْ يَنْقُشُوا نَقْشَ خَاتَمِهِ ﷺ

ibnhibban:5498Muḥammad b. al-Mundhir b. Saʿīd > al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring made for me and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similar engraving.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3640)   

ابن حبّان:٥٤٩٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

اصْطَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَاتَمًا وَقَالَ «إِنَّا صَنَعْنَا حِلْقًا وَنَقَشْنَا فِيهِ نَقْشًا فَلَا يَنْقُشْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:5874Abū Maʿmar > ʿAbd al-Wārith > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ got a ring made for himself and said, "I have got a ring made (for myself) and engraved a certain engraving on it so none of you should get such an engraving on his ring." I saw the glitter of the ring on his little finger.  

البخاري:٥٨٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ قَالَ

صَنَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَاتَمًا قَالَ إِنَّا اتَّخَذْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا فِيهِ نَقْشًا فَلاَ يَنْقُشْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ قَالَ فَإِنِّي لأَرَى بَرِيقَهُ فِي خِنْصَرِهِ  

nasai:5281Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'We have had a ring made with an inscription, and no one else should copy this inscription.'"  

النسائي:٥٢٨١أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدِ اصْطَنَعْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا عَلَيْهِ نَقْشًا فَلاَ يَنْقُشْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ  

ibnmajah:3640Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ismāʿīl Ibn ʿUlayyah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring made for me and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similar engraving.’”  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٤٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

اصْطَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَاتَمًا فَقَالَ إِنَّا قَدِ اصْطَنَعْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا فِيهِ نَقْشًا فَلاَ يَنْقُشَنَّ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ  

ahmad:11989Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas b. Mālik

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a ring made for him, and he said: ‘I have had a ring made for me and had it engraved, and no one should make a ring with similar engraving.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3640)  

أحمد:١١٩٨٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

اصْطَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَاتَمًا فَقَالَ إِنَّا قَدِ اصْطَنَعْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا فِيهِ نَقْشًا فَلَا يَنْقُشُ أَحَدٌ عَلَيْهِ  

nasai-kubra:9444Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm And ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Ṣuhayb > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'We have had a ring made with an inscription, and no one else should copy this inscription.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5281)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٤٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قَدِ اصْطَنَعْنَا خَاتَمًا وَنَقَشْنَا عَلَيْهِ نَقْشًا فَلَا يَنْقُشْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ»  

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السيوطي:٧٤٧٤a

"إِنَّا قد اصْطَنَعْنا خاتمًا ونَقَشْنا فيه نَقْشًا، فلا يَنْقُشَنَّ أحَدٌ على نقشنا".  

[حم] أحمد [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أنس بن مالك، قال: اصطَنع رسولُ اللَّه ﷺ خاتمًا من وَرِق ونقشَ فيه: محمَّدٌ رسولُ اللَّه، وقال ذلك