'Ali said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'O 'Ali, ask Allah for guidance and steadfastness,' and he forbade me from placing a ring on this one and this one' - and he pointed to his forefinger and middle finger.
لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا عَلِيُّ سَلِ اللَّهَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَجْعَلَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ يَعْنِي بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى
"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'Say: O Allah, guide me and make me steadfast,' and he forbade me to put a ring on this one and this one" - and Bishr (one of the narrators) pointed to his forefinger and middle finger. And 'Asim said: "One of the two of them."
لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَضَعَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ بِشْرٌ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى قَالَ وَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ أَحَدُهُمَا
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Ali, ask Allah for guidance, righteousness, and for Him to prevent me from making mistakes such as placing the ring on this finger and this finger," and he pointed to the index finger and middle finger. Abu Al-Ahwas Salam ibn Sulaim contradicted him, narrated from Aasim, who narrated from Abu Burdah.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا عَلِيُّ سَلِ اللهَ الْهُدَى وَالسَّدَادَ وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَجْعَلَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ وَهَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ يَعْنِي بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى» خَالَفَهُ أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ سَلَامِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ رَوَاهُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ
"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'Say: O Allah, guide me and make me steadfast,' and he forbade me to put a ring on this one and this one" - and Bishr (one of the narrators) pointed to his forefinger and middle finger. And 'Asim said: "One of the two of them." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5212)
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «قُلِ اللهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي» وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَضَعَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ أَوْ هَذِهِ وَأَشَارَ بِشْرٌ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى قَالَ وَقَالَ عَاصِمٌ أَحَدُهُمَا