24/16. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 1744 — Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Wore Ring on Right Hand
What Has Been Related About Wearing The Ring On The Right Hand
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Ring on Right Hand Hadith
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 1744
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 1744
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي رَافِعٍ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ . وَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ . قَالَ وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ هَذَا أَصَحُّ شَيْءٍ رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ .
Hammad bin Salamah Narrated from:
I Saw Ibn Rafi' [And He Is 'Ubaidullah Bin Abi Rafi', The Freed Slave Of The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) - And Aslam Was The Name Of Ibn Abi Rafi] Wearing A Ring On His Right, So I Asked Him About That. He Said, 'I Saw 'Abdullah Bin Ja'Far Wearing A Ring On His Right Hand, And He ['Abdullah Bin Ja'Far] Said: "The Messenger Of Allah (ﷺ) Wore A Ring On His Right Hand." He Said: Muhammad [Bin Isma'Il] Said: "This Is The Most Correct Thing Related From The Prophet (ﷺ) On This Topic."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1744In-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 25English translation : Vol. 3, Book 22, Hadith 1744
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 1744
This Prophet ring on right hand hadith gives a chain of people reporting what they saw. Hammad bin Salamah saw Ibn Abi Rafi wearing a ring on his right hand and asked about it. Ibn Abi Rafi said he saw Abdullah bin Ja'far wearing a ring on his right hand, and Abdullah bin Ja'far said that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم wore a ring on his right hand. The report is especially clear because it moves from personal observation to a direct statement about the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. It also includes the note that Muhammad bin Isma'il considered this the most correct report on this topic. The explanation should remain tied to the text: the focus is the right-hand placement of the ring.
What we learn from this hadith
- Asking about a practice can lead to preserved knowledge.
- The report connects right-hand ring wearing to the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
- Observed actions were carefully passed down by narrators.
- The narration focuses on ring placement, not extra details outside the text.
