Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4214
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ مُطَرِّفٍ الرُّؤَاسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى بَعْضِ الأَعَاجِمِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابًا إِلاَّ بِخَاتَمٍ فَاتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَنَقَشَ فِيهِ " مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ " .
Translation
Abd al-Rahim ibn Mutarrif al-Ruasi narrated to us: Isa narrated to us, from Said, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ wanted to write to some non-Arab rulers. He was told that they would not read a letter unless it bore a seal. So he made a silver ring and engraved on it: “Muhammad, Messenger of Allah.”