(1) Al-khars (with either damma or kasra) is a very small ring-shaped ornament, classed among ear jewelry; see al-Nihaya. (2) I.e., she had colored it yellow with saffron. The hadith is recorded by Ahmad 6/315 with an isnad that meets the criteria of the Two Shaykhs were it not for the disconnection noted above; al-Harbi likewise cites it in Gharib al-Hadith 5/30/1–2, restricting himself to its opening words. Al-Haythami 5/148 remarks: “Ahmad and al-Tabarani transmit it; al-Tabarani’s wording is superior, and its narrators are those of the Sound Collections.” I add: the additional phrasing is found in al-Tabarani 23/404/968. Al-Tabarani also linked the chain in al-Kabir 23/403/967 through Abu Hamza—from Abu Salih—from Umm Salama—up to her words, “So he turned away from me and I removed it.” This isnad is weak, for Abu Hamza, whose name is Maymun, is unreliable. A reliable mursal corroboration from al-Zuhri occurs in the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq 11/71. Taken together, this hadith and the one before it clearly establish that golden bangles, torcs, and rings are forbidden to women; in regard to these specific items women share the same prohibition as men. What remains lawful for them is other fragmented gold jewelry, such as buttons, combs, and the like among women’s adornments, and perhaps