Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3639

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ اتَّخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ خَاتَمًا مِنْ وَرِقٍ ثُمَّ نَقَشَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ يَنْقُشْ أَحَدٌ عَلَى نَقْشِ خَاتَمِي هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a silver ring and had “Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah” engraved on it. Then he said, “No one should engrave an inscription like the inscription on this ring of mine.”’