حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ أَبَا بَکْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ لَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ کَتَبَ لَهُ وَکَانَ نَقْشُ الْخَاتَمِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَسْطُرٍ مُحَمَّدٌ سَطْرٌ وَرَسُولُ سَطْرٌ وَاللَّهِ سَطْرٌ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد اللَّهِ وَزَادَنِي أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ ثُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ کَانَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي يَدِهِ وَفِي يَدِ أَبِي بَکْرٍ بَعْدَهُ وَفِي يَدِ عُمَرَ بَعْدَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ فَلَمَّا کَانَ عُثْمَانُ جَلَسَ عَلَی بِئْرِ أَرِيسَ قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ الْخَاتَمَ فَجَعَلَ يَعْبَثُ بِهِ فَسَقَطَ قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَنَزَحَ الْبِئْرَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 5879
Anas added: The ring of the Prophet was in his hand, and after him, in Abu Bakr's hand, and then in `Umar's hand after Abu Bakr. When `Uthman was the Caliph, once he was sitting at the well of Aris. He removed the ring from his hand and while he was trifling with it, dropped into the well. We kept on going to the well with `Uthman for three days looking for the ring, and finally the well was drained, but the ring was not found.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020