The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a silver ring made and engraved upon it, "Muhammad, Messenger of Allah." He said, "I have taken a silver ring and engraved upon it 'Muhammad, Messenger of Allah,' so let no one engrave the same inscription on his own ring."
أن رسول الله ﷺ اتخذ خاتما من فضة، ونقش فيه: محمد رسول الله، وقال: إني اتخذت خاتما من ورق، ونقشت فيه محمد رسول الله، فلا ينقشن أحد على نقشه.
Bukhari narrated it in "Clothing" (5877), and Muslim in "Clothing and Adornment" (2092), both through Hammad bin Zayd, from Abdul-Aziz bin Suhayb, from Anas bin Malik, who related it.Ahmad also narrated it (11954), as did Bukhari in Tarikh al-Kabir (1/455), and Bayhaqi (10/127), all of them through the report of Hushaym bin Bashir, from Awwam bin Hawshab, who said, Azhar bin Rashid told us, from Anas bin Malik, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not engrave Arabic on your rings." Some of them related it at greater length.Azhar bin Rashid Basri is someone about whom Abu Hatim said, "Unknown," Ibn Hibban said, "Grossly erroneous," and Azdi said, "His hadith is objectionable, and his chain is not acceptable."I say, this may well be one of his errors, for his wording "Arabic" is mistaken, and the correct wording is "Muhammad," as is established in the sahih narration. His wording "Arabic" makes no sense, since engraving is never done except in Arabic anyway. For this reason, Hasan Basri interpreted it, as found in the narration of Musaddad, from Hushaym, from Awwam, from Azhar bin Rashid, who said, "Whenever Anas narrated a hadith to his companions and they did not understand its meaning, they would go to Hasan, the great Imam of Basra, and he would explain it to them. One day Hasan explained to them the hadith, 'Do not engrave Arabic on your rings,' meaning, do not engrave Muhammad." Matalib Aliyah (2271). Bukhari likewise interpreted it this way in the passage referred to above.