Ring or Circle
سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ ذَكَرْنَا خَاتَمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُرِيَكَهُ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَدَعَا بِحُقٍّ مَخْتُومٍ فَفَتَحَهُ وَ أَخْرَجَهُ فِي قُطْنَةٍ فَإِذَا حَلْقَةُ فِضَّةٍ وَ فِيهِ فَصٌّ أَسْوَدُ عَلَيْهِ مَكْتُوبٌ سَطْرَانِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ فَصَّ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَسْوَدُ
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from one of his companions, from Wasil Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,
‘We mentioned the ring of Rasool-Allah-saww, so he-asws said: ‘Would you love it if I-asws were to show it to you?’ So I said, ‘Yes’. So he-asws called for a sealed covering, so he-asws opened it and brought out a cotton sheet, so there was a silver ‘حَلْقَةُ’ ring and in it was embedded a black stone, and upon it was inscribed in two lines – “Muhammad-saww, Rasool-saww, Allah-azwj”’. Then he-asws said: ‘The stone of the Prophet-saww was black’’.[1]
وَ مِنْهُ، عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ نَعْلُ سَيْفِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ قَائِمَتُهُ فِضَّةً وَ كَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ حَلَقٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ لَبِسْتُ دِرْعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَكُنْتُ أَسْحَبُهَا وَ فِيهَا ثَلَاثُ حَلَقَاتٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهَا وَ ثِنْتَانِ مِنْ خَلْفِهَا
And from him, from Al-Sakuny,
From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The sole (bottom) of the sword of Rasool-Allah-saww and its hilt was of silver, and between that was a ‘حَلَقٌ’ ring of silver, and Rasool-Allah-saww wore am amount, and accompanied it, and in it were three rings of silver in its front, and two in its back’’.[3]
Also sitting in a circle
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَاعِداً فِي حَلْقَةِ رَبِيعَةِ الرَّأْيِ فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَسَأَلَ رَبِيعَةَ الرَّأْيِ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَأَجَابَهُ فَلَمَّا سَكَتَ قَالَ لَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَ هُوَ فِي عُنُقِكَ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ رَبِيعَةُ وَ لَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ فَأَجَابَهُ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ أَ هُوَ فِي عُنُقِكَ فَسَكَتَ رَبِيعَةُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هُوَ فِي عُنُقِهِ قَالَ أَوْ لَمْ يَقُلْ وَ كُلُّ مُفْتٍ ضَامِنٌ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said,
Abu Abdullah-asws was seated in a ‘حَلْقَةُ’ circle of Rabi’e Al-Raie, so a Bedouin came over. So he asked Rabi’e Al-Raie a question. So, he answered him. So when he was silent, the Bedouin said to him, ‘It is upon your neck’. So Rabi’e was silent from it and did not respond anything over it. So he repeated the question to him. So he answered with similar to that (previously). So the Bedouin said to him, ‘Is it upon your neck?’ So Rabi’e was silent. So, Abu Abdullah-asws said to him: ‘It is upon his neck, or he should not be saying it; and every Mufti (Fatwa issuer) is responsible’.[2]
[1] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Outfits and the Beautification and the Magnanimity Ch 26 H 7
[2] Al Kafi – V 7 – The Book of Judgements and the Rulings Ch 4 H 1
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 63 The book of drinks – Ch 5 H 51 (Chapters on Prohibited drinks)