ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather: A woman once came to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—bringing her daughter with her, and the girl was wearing two thick gold bracelets. He asked, “Do you pay the zakat due on these?” She answered, “No.” He said, “Would you like Allah to place on you two bracelets of fire on the Day of Resurrection?” She immediately removed the bracelets, threw them to the Prophet, and said, “They are for Allah and His Messenger.”

It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd 1/244, al-Nasāʾī 1/343, and Abū ʿUbayd in al-Amwāl, no. 1260. The chain is hasan; Ibn al-Mulqin authenticated it (65/1), and Ibn al-Jawzī’s verdict of weakness in al-Taḥqīq (6/197/1) is untenable.

Al-Nasāʾī also transmitted it in al-Sunan al-Kubrā (folio 5/1) with a continuous chain from ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb, then related it from him in mursal form, remarking, “The connected version is more likely to be sound.”

Our reply: this is a very flimsy argument, for in this episode the Messenger—peace be upon him—did not censure the mere wearing of the two bracelets at all.