THE TRAITS OF THE PROPHET THAT WERE PARTICULAR FOR HIM IN HIS LIFETIME
Abu Dawood has a special section in his book As-Sunan. Let us view what he has mentioned in this respect, in addition to which we will add the source of what we say.
Anas bin Malik narrated: “Allah’s Apostle wanted to write a letter to a group of people or some nonArabs (i.e. non-Muslims). It was said to him, ‘They do not accept any letter unless it is stamped’. So the Prophet had a silver ring made for himself, and on it was engraved: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah’.” It was on his hand until he died and on the hand of Abu Bakr until he died, also on the hand of ‘Umar till he died and on the hand of ‘Uthman. Then, once he was passing by a well when it suddenly dropped in it. He commanded its retrieval and although the well was drained it wasn’t possible to retrieve it.
Anas said, “The Prophet’s ring was made from silver and its stone was Habashi.” Also narrated by Anas, “ The Prophet’s ring was made from silver as its stone was, too.” Ibn ‘Umar narrated, “The Prophet took a ring made from gold. He used to turn its stone toward the palm of his hand and engraved on it was: ’Muhammad [is the] Messenger of Allah.’ So the people took gold rings. When he saw it that they had taken (wore) gold rings, he threw it and said, “I will never wear it again.” Then he wore a ring from silver and engraved on it, ’Muhammad [is the] Messenger of Allah.’ Abu Bakr wore it after him, then ‘Umar wore it after Abu Bakr, then ‘Uthman wore it until it fell in the well of ’Arees.” The truth is that the ring he wore for one day and then discarded was the gold ring, not the silver ring, due to what has been affirmed in the Saheehain. Ibn ‘Umar, he said, “The Messenger of Allah wore a ring from gold, then he discarded it and said, I will never wear it again.” Thereafter, the people discarded their rings. He wore the silver ring often and it remained on his hand until he passed away, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Its stone was from it (silver), i.e. it didn’t have a stone that was separate from it.
The one who narrated that it had an image of a person on it, he has gone far and erred. Rather it was all silver and its stone was from it and it was engraved with the words: ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’ in three lines: ‘Muhammad’, [on one line]. ‘Messenger’ [on one] line, ‘Allah’[on one] line. It was as though – And Allah (SWT) knows best – it was engraved with writing in reverse in order to stamp correctly in keeping with the norm. It has also been mentioned that it was written correctly and it would print in the same fashion, and the authenticity of this is doubtful and I don’t know a chain of narrations supporting that – whether authentic or weak.
These Ahadeeth that we narrated that he had a silver ring refute the Ahadeeth which we mentioned earlier in Sunan Abu Dawood and An-Nasa’i. Mu‘aiqeeb narrated, “The Prophet’s ring was made from iron, plated with silver.” Nafi‘ narrated, “Ibn ‘Umar would wear his ring on his left hand.” Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated, “I saw on as-Salt bin Abdullah bin Nawfal bin Abdul-Muttalib a ring on his right little finger, so I said, ‘What is this?’ He replied, ‘I saw Ibn Abbas wear a ring like this and he made the top part of the ring face outward’. The narrator said, “It cannot be imagined except that Ibn Abbas remembered that the Messenger of Allah wore his ring in the same manner.”
Abdullah bin Ja‘far narrated, “The Messenger of Allah wore his ring on his right hand.”
A Mention of His Sword
Ibn Abbas narrated, “The Messenger of Allah optionally took his sword Dhul-Faqar with him on the Day of Badr. And that is the one he saw a dream about on the Day of Uhud, he said, “I saw in my sword DhulFaqar defeat, so I interpreted it as a defeat amongst you. I saw that I was behind a sheep so I interpreted it as being the battalion. I saw that I was behind a secure shield so I interpreted it as being Madinah. I saw a cow being slaughtered, so a cow by Allah is good sign, so a cow by Allah is good sign.” The words of the Messenger of Allah have been narrated by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah from the Hadith of Abdur-Rahman bin Abuz-Zinad from his father.
Narrated by Sa‘eed bin Abul-Hasan, he said, “The pommel of the sword of the Messenger was from silver.” A sword from the swords of the Messenger of Allah became the property of the family of ‘Ali, when al-Husain bin ‘Ali was killed in Karbala and it was in his possession Then ‘Ali bin al-Husain Zainul-‘Abideen took it and entered Damascus with it when he entered upon Yazeed bin Mu‘awiyah. Thereafter, he returned with it to Madinah. It has been affirmed in the Saheehain as narrated from alMiswar bin Makhramah that he met him and said to him, “Do you have any need that you may order me to satisfy?” ‘Ali said, “No.” Then al-Miswar said, “Will you give me the sword of the Messenger of Allah for I am afraid that the people may take it from you by force. By Allah, if you give it to me, they will never be able to take it till I die.”
Other weapons have been mentioned that belonged to the Prophet, and from them are the shields that the Messenger of Allah would wear, as narrated by many such as as-Sa’id bin Yazeed and Abdullah bin azZubair that the Messenger of Allah had two shields on the Day of Uhud.
In the Saheehain as narrated by Anas, “The Messenger of Allah entered on the day of the Conquest (of Makkah) with a helmet on his head. When he removed it, someone said to him, “Ibn Khatal is holding on to the drapes of the Ka‘bah.” So he said, “Kill him.”
Jabir narrated, “The Messenger of Allah entered on the day of the Conquest of Makkah with a black turban.”
Ibn Umar narrated, “When the Messenger of Allah would wear the turban he would let it (the excess cloth) drop between his shoulders.”
A Mention of the Sandals He Used
It has been affirmed in the Saheehain from Ibn Umar, “The Messenger of Allah used to wear Sibtiyyah sandals and they are the ones with no fur on them.”
Narrated by ‘Eesa bin Tamhan from Anas, “Anas showed us a pair of sandals with no fur and two straps.”
Abu Hurairah narrated, “The sandals of the Messenger of Allah had two straps.” I say, it was well-known that approximately in the Year 600 A.H. and the years that followed that a single sandal was with a man called Ibn Abul-Hadrad and it was thought to be the sandal of the Prophet, peace be upon him. The noble king Moosa, son of the just king Abu Bakr bin Ayyoob, proposed to buy it for a huge amount of wealth but he refused to sell it. Then his death coincided with that after a short period of time and it came in the aforementioned king’s possession. He took it and revered it. When he built Darul-Hadeeth al-Ashrafiyyah on the side of the fortress he kept it in a safe place and made a servant to look after it and gave him 40 Dirhams every month as is well-known. It is still in the aforementioned Dar (house).
At-Tirmidhi said in “Ash-Shama’il”, Moosa bin Anas narrated from his father, “The Messenger of Allah had a perfume bottle that he would perfume himself from.”
The Description of the Wooden Cup of the Prophet
Asim al-Ahwal narrated, “I saw the wooden cup of the Prophet, peace be upon him, with Anas bin Malik and it had split, and he had shackled it with silver. It was a good wide wooden cup made from (the best type of wood) Nudar. Anas said, “I served the Messenger of Allah from this wooden cup…” Ibn Seereen said, “It had a ring from iron in it (where it had split), then Anas wanted to put a ring of gold in it [in the gap] or silver, so Abu Talhah said to him, “Don’t change anything that the Messenger of Allah did,” so he left it.”
By Ibn Katheer
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