حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ لَمَّا أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَكْتُبَ إِلَى الرُّومِ، قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَابًا إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَخْتُومًا. فَاتَّخَذَ خَاتَمًا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِهِ فِي يَدِهِ، وَنَقَشَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ.
Narrated Anas:When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to write a letter to the ruler of the Byzantines, he was told that those people did not read any letter unless it was stamped with a seal. So, the Prophet (ﷺ) got a silver ring-- as if I were just looking at its white glitter on his hand ---- and stamped on it the expression "Muhammad, Apostle of Allah
Tushen bai rubuta wata daraja ga wannan ruwaya ba.
A ƙarƙashin kowace ruwaya akwai fassarar tarin bayanan kansa, an nuna ta yadda take. Ba ta ambaci sunan mai fassara ba, ba a tabbatar da haƙƙoƙinta ba, kuma babu wanda ya kwatanta ta da Larabcin; wasu ruwayoyin ba su da ita. Larabcin shi ne rubutun. Tarin bayanan ba shi da fassarar wannan littafi a wannan harshe, don haka ana nuna Turancin.
Rubutun Larabci, lambobi, sunayen littattafai da darajoji ana nuna su daidai yadda suke a cikin wani buɗaɗɗen tarin bayanai (hadith-api). Sabīl bai tabbatar da daidaitonsa ko haƙƙoƙinsa ba tukuna, kuma ba a fara bitar malamai a kansa ba. Kafin lokacin, ku kwatanta ruwaya da bugaggen littafi kafin ku dogara da ita.