English translation
4218. It was narrated from ‘Ubaidullāh, from Nāfi’, from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ acquired a ring of gold and put its stone next to his palm, and he had engraved on it (the words) ‘Muḥammad Rasūlullāh (Muḥammad the Messenger of Allāh).’ Then the people began to wear rings of gold, and when he saw that, he threw it away, and said: ‘I will never wear it again.’ Then he acquired a ring of silver, and had engraved on it (the words) ‘Muḥammad Rasūlullāh (Muḥammad the Messenger of Allāh).’ Abū Bakr wore the ring after him, then ‘Umar wore it after Abū Bakr, then ‘Uthmān wore it, until it fell into the well of Arīs.” (Ṣaḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: People did not become divided about ‘Uthmān until the ring fell from his hand.