His grandfather Arfaja bin Asaad had his nose cut off during the pre-Islamic era at the Battle of al-Kulab. He fashioned a nose for himself out of silver, but it began to give off a foul odor, so the Prophet ﷺ instructed him to make a nose of gold instead.
أن جده عرفجة بن أسعد أصيب أنفه في الجاهلية يوم الكلاب، فاتخذ أنفا من ورق، فأنتن عليه، فأمره النبي ﷺ أن يتخذ أنفا يعني من ذهب.
It was narrated by Abu Dawud (4232), Tirmidhi (1770), Nasai (5161), and Ahmad (20269), and Ibn Hibban (5462) graded it sahih. All of them narrated it from the hadith of Abu Ashhab, from Abdul-Rahman bin Tarafah, who mentioned it. Its chain is hasan because of Abdul-Rahman bin Tarafah, for he is hasan al-hadith.Tirmidhi said, "This is a hasan gharib hadith, we only know it from the hadith of Abdul-Rahman bin Tarafah. Salm bin Zurayr narrated from Abdul-Rahman bin Tarafah something similar to the hadith of Abu Ashhab. More than one scholar has held the view that they fastened their teeth with gold, and in this hadith there is evidence for their position." Abdul-Rahman bin Mahdi said, "Salm bin Zurayn is a mistake, and Zurayr is more correct." This is the end of Tirmidhi's statement.As for the Day of Kilab, it was a well-known day from the days of pre-Islamic ignorance, and a recorded battle among their battles. This is what Khattabi said.Khattabi also said, "This hadith contains permission for men to use a small amount of gold in cases of necessity, such as fastening the teeth with it, and similar situations where nothing else would serve the same purpose."