{
 "id": "object/khatam-al-nabi",
 "class": "object",
 "slug": "khatam-al-nabi",
 "label": {
  "ar": "خاتم النبي",
  "en": "the Prophet's signet ring"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "خاتم فضة نقشه «محمد رسول الله» في ثلاثة أسطر: محمدٌ سطر ورسولٌ سطر والله سطر؛ اتخذه النبي لما أريد أن يكاتب رهطاً من الأعاجم فقيل له إنهم لا يقبلون كتاباً إلا مختوماً {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5872}، وكان فصه منه يلي باطن كفه {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5870}. ويروي ابن عمر أنه اتخذ أولاً خاتماً من ذهب فلما اتخذ الناس مثله نبذه وقال «لا ألبسه أبداً» ثم اتخذ الفضة، ولبسه بعده أبو بكر ثم عمر ثم عثمان حتى وقع من عثمان في بئر أريس {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}. وختم به أبو بكر كتاباً إلى البحرين حين استُخلف {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 3106}.",
  "en": "A silver signet ring inscribed 'Muhammad, Messenger of God' in three lines — Muhammad a line, rasul a line, and Allah a line — adopted when the Prophet was told the foreign kings would not accept an unsealed letter {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5872}, its bezel of the same silver and turned toward the palm {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5870}. Ibn 'Umar reports a gold ring first, cast off when people copied it — 'I will never wear it' — then the silver one; Abu Bakr wore it after him, then 'Umar, then 'Uthman, from whose hand it fell into the well of Aris {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}. Abu Bakr sealed with it the letter he sent to Bahrain on taking office {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 3106}."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "objects"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era",
  "period/rashidun"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [],
 "data": {
  "kind": "relic",
  "sources": [
   "source/sahih-al-bukhari"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High); Sahih al-Bukhari 5866-5872, 3106"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "خاتم من فضة نقشه «محمد رسول الله» في ثلاثة أسطر: «محمد» سطر، و«رسول» سطر، و«الله» سطر. اتخذه [[person/muhammad|النبي]] لما أراد أن يكاتب جماعة من الأعاجم فقيل له إنهم لا يقبلون كتاباً إلا مختوماً. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5872}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وصفه",
     "markdown": "كان فص الخاتم منه ويلي باطن كفه. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5870}\n\nيروي ابن عمر أنه اتخذ أولاً خاتماً من ذهب، فلما اتخذ الناس مثله نبذه وقال «لا ألبسه أبداً»، ثم اتخذ الفضة. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "بعد وفاته",
     "markdown": "لبسه بعده [[person/abu-bakr|أبو بكر]] ثم [[person/umar-ibn-al-khattab|عمر]] ثم [[person/uthman-ibn-affan|عثمان]] حتى وقع من عثمان في بئر أريس. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}\n\nوختم به أبو بكر كتاباً إلى البحرين حين استُخلف. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 3106}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "object/khatam-al-nabi",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A silver seal engraved \"Muhammad, Messenger of God\" in three lines: \"Muhammad\" on one line, \"Messenger\" on one, and \"God\" on one. [[person/muhammad|The Prophet]] had it made when he wanted to write to a group of non-Arabs, and he was told that they accept no letter that is not sealed. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5872}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Description",
     "markdown": "The bezel of the ring was of it, and it faced the inside of his palm. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5870}\n\nIbn Umar relates that he first made a gold ring; when people made the same, he threw it away and said, \"I will never wear it again,\" and then took silver. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "After his death",
     "markdown": "After him, [[person/abu-bakr|Abu Bakr]] wore it, then [[person/umar-ibn-al-khattab|Umar]], then [[person/uthman-ibn-affan|Uthman]], until it fell from Uthman into the well of Aris. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 5866}\n\nAbu Bakr also sealed a letter to Bahrain with it when he succeeded to the caliphate. {cite:sahih-al-bukhari 3106}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "object/khatam-al-nabi",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
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 "degree": 2,
 "contemporaries": [],
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  {
   "to": "person/muhammad",
   "type": "related_to",
   "inverse": false,
   "note": "خاتمه وخاتم خلفائه من بعده",
   "sources": [
    "source/sahih-al-bukhari"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "concept/al-amin",
  "concept/al-hadith-al-nabawi",
  "concept/al-shamail-al-muhammadiyya",
  "concept/al-sira-al-nabawiyya",
  "event/abu-bakr-leads-the-prayers",
  "event/abu-dharr-lags-behind-on-the-march",
  "event/abu-jahl-stone-plot",
  "event/abu-khaythama-joins-the-army"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}