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Sahih al-Bukhari 5879

Chapter: The engraving of the ring done in three lines?

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5879

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

وَزَادَنِي أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ

كَانَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي يَدِهِ، وَفِي يَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بَعْدَهُ، وَفِي يَدِ عُمَرَ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ عُثْمَانُ جَلَسَ عَلَى بِئْرِ أَرِيسَ ـ قَالَ ـ فَأَخْرَجَ الْخَاتَمَ، فَجَعَلَ يَعْبَثُ بِهِ فَسَقَطَ قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفْنَا ثَلاَثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَنَنْزَحُ الْبِئْرَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ

Anas added:

The ring of the Prophet (ﷺ) was in his hand, and after him, in Abu Bakr's hand, and then in `Umar's hand after Abu Bakr. When `Uthman was the Caliph, once he was sitting at the well of Aris. He removed the ring from his hand and while he was trifling with it, dropped into the well. We kept on going to the well with `Uthman for three days looking for the ring, and finally the well was drained, but the ring was not found.

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5879).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله : ( حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ) هُوَ عَبْد اللَّه بْن الْمُثَنَّى بْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن أَنَس. قَوْله : ( عَنْ ثُمَامَة ) هُوَ اِبْن عَبْد اللَّه بْن أَنَس عَمّ عَبْد اللَّه بْن الْمُثَنَّى الرَّاوِي , وَالسَّنَد كُلّه بَصْرِيُّونَ مِنْ آل أَنَس. قَوْله : ( عَنْ أَنَس ) فِي رِوَايَة الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيّ مِنْ طَرِيق عَلِيّ بْن الْمَدِينِيّ عَنْ مُحَمَّد بْن عَبْد اللَّه الْأَنْصَارِيّ " حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا ثُمَامَة حَدَّثَنِي أَنَس ". قَوْله : ( أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْر رَضِيَ اللَّه عَنْهُ لَمَّا اِسْتَخْلِفْ كَتَبَ لَهُ ) لَمْ يَذْكُر الْمَكْتُوب وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَتْ الْإِشَارَة إِلَيْهِ فِي كِتَاب الزَّكَاة وَأَنَّهُ كَتَبَ لَهُ مَقَادِير الزَّكَاة. قَوْله : ( وَكَانَ نَقْش الْخَاتَم ثَلَاثَة أَس…

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