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Ash-Shama'il 88

“When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wished to write to the non-Arabs, he was told: ‘The non-Arabs will not accept a letter unless it bears a seal.’ He therefore created a…

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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

قَالَ: لَمَّا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى الْعَجَمِ قِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ الْعَجَمَ لا يَقْبَلُونَ إِلا كِتَابًا عَلَيْهِ خَاتَمٌ، فَاصْطَنَعَ خَاتَمًا، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِهِ فِي كَفِّهِ

“When the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) wished to write to the non-Arabs, he was told: ‘The non-Arabs will not accept a letter unless it bears a seal.’ He therefore created a signet, and I can see its whiteness in the palm of his hand.”

Ash-Shama'il 88, Book 12, The Mubarak Ring Of Rasoolullah, Hadith 4. 1 min read

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Ishaq ibn Mansur al-KawsajTold us, Fourth generation, died 251 AH
  3. 3Muadh ibn HishamTold us, Third generation, died 200 AH
  4. 4Hisham ad-DastawaiTold me, Third generation, died 151 AH
  5. 5Qatadah ibn DiamahFrom, Successor, died 117 AH
  6. 6Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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