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ibnmajah:3648 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Idrīs > ʿĀṣim > Abū Burdah > ʿAlī

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to wear a ring on this and on this,” meaning the little finger and the thumb.  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَتَخَتَّمَ فِي هَذِهِ وَفِي هَذِهِ يَعْنِي الْخِنْصَرَ وَالإِبْهَامَ  

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ibnmajah:2652 – [Chain 1] ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd And Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar And Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

“This and this are the same” - meaning the pinky finger, ring finger and thumb.  

ابن ماجة:٢٦٥٢ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ سَوَاءٌ يَعْنِي الْخِنْصَرَ وَالإِبْهَامَ  

ahmad:3150 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah And Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "This and this are the same." He meant the little finger and the thumb. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6895)  

أحمد:٣١٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ سَوَاءٌ يَعْنِي الْخِنْصَرَ وَالْإِبْهَامَ