The compilers of the Sunan mention that someone was heard proclaiming, “There is no sword but Dhu’l-Faqār, and no champion but ʿAlī.”
Al-Tirmidhī also narrates—through Hūd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd, from his grandfather Mazīdah ibn Jābir al-ʿAbdī al-ʿAṣarī (may Allah be pleased with him)—who said:
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Mecca and his sword bore gold and silver ornamentation …” The report continues, after which al-Tirmidhī remarks, “This ḥadīth is gharīb.”
In al-Shamāʾil, al-Tirmidhī further relates: Muḥammad ibn Bashshār told us, Muʿādh ibn Hishām told us, my father told us, from Qatādah, from Saʿīd ibn Abī al-Ḥasan, who said: “The pommel of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ sword was of silver.”
He likewise transmits—through ʿUthmān ibn Saʿd—from Ibn Sīrīn, who said: “I forged my sword after the pattern of Samurah’s, and Samurah claimed that he had forged his own after the pattern of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ sword, which was a ḥanafiyyah blade.”
One of the Prophet’s ﷺ swords later came into the possession of the family of ʿAlī. When al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī—may Allah be pleased with him—was martyred at Karbalāʾ, at al-Ṭaff, the sword was with him. ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn then took it, brought it with him to Damascus when he was presented to Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah, and afterward returned with it to Madinah. It is established in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, in the narration of al-Miswar ibn Makhramah, that he met Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn on the road and said:
“Is there any need you would like me to fulfill?” He replied, “No.” He then said, “Will you give me the sword of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ? I fear the people may overpower you and seize it. By Allah, if you entrust it to me, no one will reach it until my own soul departs.”
Other items of the Prophet’s ﷺ weaponry have also been mentioned. Among them are his coats of mail: several transmitters, including al-Sāʾib ibn Yazīd and ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, report that on the Day of Uḥud the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore two coats of mail, one over the other.
Likewise, the two Ṣaḥīḥs record—from Mālik, from al-Zuhrī, from Anas—that on the Day of the Conquest the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered with a helmet (mighfar) on his head. When he removed it, he was told, “That is Ibn Khatal, clinging to the curtains of the Kaʿbah.” He said, “Kill him.”