العربية (الأصل)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى نَاسٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَعَاجِمِ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَقْبَلُونَ كِتَابًا إِلَّا بِخَاتَمٍ قَالَ فَاتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ نَقْشُهُ وَقَالَ ابْنُ بَكْرٍ وَنَقْشُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَصِيصِهِ أَوْ بَيَاضِهِ فِي يَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
Muhammad ibn Ja'far told us: Sa'id told us, and Muhammad ibn Bakr said: Sa'id informed us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, wanted to write to some of the non-Arab peoples, it was said to him that they would not accept a letter unless it bore a seal. So he had a silver ring made, engraved — Ibn Bakr said: and its engraving was "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah" — it is as if I can still see its gleam, or its whiteness, in the hand of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.