Sayyiduna Ya'la bin Murrah Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he was wearing a large gold ring. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Do you give its zakat?" He replied: "O Messenger of Allah! How much is its zakat?" When that man went away, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He is wearing a large ember of fire."

Sayyiduna Abu Tha’labah Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a gold ring in my hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a stick in his hand, and he began to strike my hand with it. Then, when the attention of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was diverted, I removed the ring and threw it away. Now, when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked towards me and did not see the ring in my hand, he said: I think we have caused you distress and imposed a burden on you.

Salim bin Abi Ja'd narrates from a man of his tribe, he says: I entered upon the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I was wearing a gold ring, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took a stick and struck my hand and said: Throw it away. That man says: I went outside and indeed threw it away, then when I returned, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What happened to the ring? I said: I have thrown it away. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I had commanded you to benefit from it, not to throw it away.

(Second chain) A man from the Ashja‘ tribe narrated that I have thrown away that ring till today.

Abu Kanud says: I obtained a gold ring, it came to me from a battle. I went to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), he placed the ring between his jaws, bit down on it, and bent it out of shape, and said: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade wearing gold rings.

Alqamah says: One day we were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Zaid bin Hudair was also with us. Then Sayyiduna Khabbab (may Allah be pleased with him) entered and said: O Abu Abdur Rahman! Do all of them recite in the same way as you recite? He said: If you wish, I can order some of them to recite to you. He said to me: Yes, recite. Ibn Hudair said: You are ordering him to recite, even though he is not more learned than us? He said: By Allah! If you wish, I can inform you of what the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said for your people and his people. He says: I recited fifty verses of Surah Maryam. He said: You did well. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whatever I recite, he has also recited it. Then Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): Now the time has come for this ring to be thrown away. He said: After today, you will not see a gold ring on me.

Sayyiduna Buraidah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man wearing a gold ring on his hand and said: What has happened to you? You are wearing the ornaments of the people of Paradise (which are not permissible in this world)? He said: Then I came to you, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), wearing a brass ring, but this time you said: I sense the smell of idolaters from you. He said: Then, O Messenger of Allah, from what should I make a ring? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Have it made from silver.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a gold ring on one of his companions and turned away from him because of it. He threw it away and made a ring of iron. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about it: "This is even worse than that; this is the adornment of the people of Hell." He took that off as well and had a ring made of silver. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent.

(Second chain) Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that I wore a gold ring. When the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw it, it was as if he disliked it. I took it off and threw it away. Then I had an iron ring made. Regarding this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is even more impure than that; it is very impure." So I threw that away too and had a silver ring made. Upon this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent.

Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man wearing a gold ring on his hand and said: Remove it. He removed it and had a ring made of iron, but regarding this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This is even worse than that. Then he had a ring made of silver, and upon this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent.