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nasai:5195Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim from Ahl Marw Abū Ṭaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

A man came to the Prophet [SAW] and he was wearing an iron ring. He said: "Why do I see you wearing the jewelry of the people of Hell?" He threw it away, then he came and he was wearing a brass ring. He said: "Why do I notice the stench of idols from you?" So he threw it away, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what should I use?" He said: "Silver, but it should not equal a Mithqal."  

النسائي:٥١٩٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَرْوَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَطَرَحَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ شَبَهٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الأَصْنَامِ فَطَرَحَهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ أَتَّخِذُهُ قَالَ مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَلاَ تُتِمَّهُ مِثْقَالاً  


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Collected by Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
abudawud:4223al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī And Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Rizmah al-Maʿná > Zayd b. Ḥubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim al-Sulamī al-Marwazī Abū Ṭaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and he was wearing a signet-ring of yellow copper. He said to him: How is it that I notice the odour of idols in you? So he threw it away, and came wearing an iron signet ring. He (the Prophet) said: What is it that I see you wearing the adornment of the inhabitants of Hell? So he threw it away. He asked: Messenger of Allah, what material I must use? He said: Make it of silver, but do not weigh it as much as a mithqal, The narrator Muhammad did not say: " 'Abd Allah b. Muslim," and al-Hasan did not say: "al-Sulami al-Marwazi."  

أبو داود:٤٢٢٣حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ أَبِي رِزْمَةَ الْمَعْنَى أَنَّ زَيْدَ بْنَ حُبَابٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ السُّلَمِيِّ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ أَبِي طَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ شَبَهٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لِي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الأَصْنَامِ فَطَرَحَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَطَرَحَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ أَتَّخِذُهُ قَالَ اتَّخِذْهُ مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَلاَ تُتِمَّهُ مِثْقَالاً وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يَقُلِ الْحَسَنُ السُّلَمِيِّ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ  

tirmidhi:1785Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd > Zayd b. Ḥubāb And ʾAbū Tumaylah Yaḥyá b. Wāḍiḥ > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

From his father who said: "A man wearing an iron ring came to the Prophet ﷺ. So he said to him: 'What is this I see on you, jewelry of the people of the Fire ?' Then he came wearing a ring of brass. So he said: 'What is this smell of idols I sense on you ?' Then he came wearing a ring of gold. So he said to him: 'What is this jewelry of the people of Paradise I see on you ?' So he said: 'What should I use then ?' He said: 'From silver, but not its entire weight."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Gharib and there are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, and 'Abdullah bin Muslim's Kunyah is Abu Taibah, and he is from Al-Marwaz.
الترمذي:١٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ حُبَابٍ وَأَبُو تُمَيْلَةَ يَحْيَى بْنُ وَاضِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ صُفْرٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الأَصْنَامِ ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَقَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ مِنْ أَىِّ شَيْءٍ أَتَّخِذُهُ قَالَ مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَلاَ تُتِمَّهُ مِثْقَالاً  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ يُكْنَى أَبَا طَيْبَةَ وَهُوَ مَرْوَزِيٌّ

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَتَخَتَّمَ الْمَرْءُ بِخَاتَمِ الْحَدِيدِ أَوِ الشَّبَهِ

ibnhibban:5488Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Dharīḥ > Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ al-Hamdānī > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim Abū Ṭaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

A man came to the Prophet [SAW] and he was wearing an iron ring. He said: "Why do I see you wearing the jewelry of the people of Hell?" He threw it away, then he came and he was wearing a brass ring. He said: "Why do I notice the stench of idols from you?" So he threw it away, and said: "O Messenger of Allah, what should I use?" He said: "Silver, but it should not equal a Mithqal." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5195)  

ابن حبّان:٥٤٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمِ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» فَطَرَحَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ شَبَهٍ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الْأَصْنَامِ» فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَتَّخِذُهُ؟ قَالَ «مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَلَا تُتِمَّهُ مِثْقَالًا»  

nasai-kubra:9442Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb > ʿAbdullāh b. Muslim from Ahl Marw Abū Ṭaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Buraydah from his father

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and he was wearing a signet-ring of yellow copper. He said to him: How is it that I notice the odour of idols in you? So he threw it away, and came wearing an iron signet ring. He (the Prophet) said: What is it that I see you wearing the adornment of the inhabitants of Hell? So he threw it away. He asked: Messenger of Allah, what material I must use? He said: Make it of silver, but do not weigh it as much as a mithqal, The narrator Muhammad did not say: " 'Abd Allah b. Muslim," and al-Hasan did not say: "al-Sulami al-Marwazi." (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4223)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٤٤٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ مَرْوَ أَبُو طَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَرَى عَلَيْكَ حِلْيَةَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ؟» فَطَرَحَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ وَعَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ مِنْ شَبَهٍ فَقَالَ «مَا لِي أَجِدُ مِنْكَ رِيحَ الْأَصْنَامِ؟» فَطَرَحَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ أَتَّخِذُهُ؟ قَالَ «اتَّخِذْهُ مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَلَا تُتِمَّهُ مِثْقَالًا» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ