On the authority of Anas, he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out wearing a ring made of silver, and he said: "Whoever wishes to have one made like it, let him do so, but do not engrave upon it the same engraving."

5208 - Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Sayf al-Harrani informed us, saying: Harun ibn Isma'il narrated to us, saying: 'Ali ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Suhayb narrated to us, on the authority of Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took a signet ring and engraved upon it an engraving. He said: "We have taken a signet ring and engraved upon it an engraving, so let no one engrave upon his ring the same engraving." Then Anas said: It is as if I can see its gleam in his hand.

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= It has preceded in abbreviated form under number (5188).

(1) Its chain of transmission is authentic. Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari: he is Ibn al-Muthanna. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (9462).
Ahmad (12941), al-Bukhari (5877), and Muslim (2092) also narrated it via Hammad ibn Zayd, from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Suhayb, with this chain of transmission, with the wording: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, took a signet ring of silver and engraved upon it: "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he said: "I have taken a signet ring of silver and engraved upon it: 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,' so let no one engrave upon his ring the same engraving." This is the wording of al-Bukhari.
Ahmad (12647) and al-Tirmidhi (1745) also narrated it via Thabit al-Bunani, from Anas, with similar wording. Al-Tirmidhi said: This is an authentic and good hadith, and the meaning of his saying "do not engrave upon it the same engraving" is that he forbade anyone from engraving on his ring: "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
Al-Bukhari (3106) and (5878), al-Tirmidhi (1747) and (1748), and Ibn Hibban (1414), (5496), and (6393) also narrated it with similar wording via Thumamah ibn 'Abd Allah, from Anas, and in it: The engraving of the ring was in three lines: "Muhammad" a line, "Messenger" a line, and "Allah" a line.
It will follow in the subsequent hadith via 'Ali ibn al-Mubarak, and under number (5281) via Isma'il ibn 'Ulayyah, and under number (5282) via 'Abd al-Warith ibn Sa'id, all three of them from 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Suhayb, from him. See also (539) and (5196).

(2) The word "upon it" is not in (M), and it is in (K) as a marginal note.
(3) Its chain of transmission is authentic, and it is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under number (9463).