Benefits of the Hadith: (… from Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a ring of gold or silver and placed its stone on the side facing his palm, and engraved on it "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah." So the people made similar ones. When he saw that they had made them, he threw it away and said: "I will never wear it again." Then he made a ring of silver, and the people made silver rings.)
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The Shaykh : The closest thing to me, and Allah knows best, is that the issue is first regarding the gold. That is, if we say that the narrator was mistaken, reconciliation is possible. We would say he made the gold one, and the people made gold rings, then he threw it away and discarded it. Was this making for adornment, or for sealing?
The questioner : For decoration.
The Shaykh : Ah? For adornment. Then it became forbidden, so he removed it and said, "I will never wear it." After that, he made a ring for sealing. When the people saw this, they made rings, but it is not necessary that they were as the author said, or as stated in one of the answers, that they engraved "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah" on them. That is very far-fetched. Also, if that were the case, he would have said, "The Companions made rings like his." Instead, he said, "They made rings." So they made rings to adorn themselves with, while he made his for sealing. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that they had made these for adornment, he discarded it in order to conform to his Companions. He (peace and blessings be upon him) loved to be the first to abandon what he had forbidden. So he discarded it, and the people discarded it. When the people discarded it, he returned to it and made it to seal with. This is an answer that involves no strain, does not weaken the narrator, and is very close to reality.
The questioner : For decoration.
The Shaykh : Ah? For adornment. Then it became forbidden, so he removed it and said, "I will never wear it." After that, he made a ring for sealing. When the people saw this, they made rings, but it is not necessary that they were as the author said, or as stated in one of the answers, that they engraved "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah" on them. That is very far-fetched. Also, if that were the case, he would have said, "The Companions made rings like his." Instead, he said, "They made rings." So they made rings to adorn themselves with, while he made his for sealing. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw that they had made these for adornment, he discarded it in order to conform to his Companions. He (peace and blessings be upon him) loved to be the first to abandon what he had forbidden. So he discarded it, and the people discarded it. When the people discarded it, he returned to it and made it to seal with. This is an answer that involves no strain, does not weaken the narrator, and is very close to reality.