English Translation

Hadrat Buraida reported the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) as saying to a man who was wearing a signet-ring of yellow copper, “How is it that I notice the odour of idols in you ?” So he threw it away and came wearing an iron signet- ring, and when he said, “How is it that I see you wearing the adornment of the inhabitants of hell ?” he threw it away and asked God’s messenger what material he should use. He replied, “Silver, but do not let it weigh as much as a mithqal.” Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasa’i transmitted it. Muhyi as-Sunna said there is a sound tradition on the authority of Hadrat Sahl b. Sa'd about the dower that the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) stated to a man, “Seek something, even though it should be an iron signet-ring.”