At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
The search
The well was drained and it could not be found. Uthman then made a new ring engraved "Muhammad, Messenger of God" in three lines. 1
Accounts of the ring
Al-Baladhuri relates from al-Hasan that the ring was of silver, and its bezel was Abyssinian. He relates from Anas that the Prophet ﷺ said he had made a ring, and forbade anyone to engrave on its design. 1
The source does not give the year of the event in the data, and it needs an additional source.
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Uthman ibn Affan
People and things also explored
The Hijra· Muwatta 214· Muwatta 1196· Medina· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Uthman ibn Affan· Abu Bakr leads the prayers during the final illness
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Caliphal Seal Lost in the Well”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/seal-of-caliphate-loss/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.