عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ طَرَفَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ جَدَّهُ عَرْفَجَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أُصِيبَ أَنْفُهُ يَوْمَ الْكُلَابِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَاتَّخَذَ أَنْفًا مِنْ وَرِقٍ فَأَنْتَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ أَنْفًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَالَ يَزِيدُ فَقِيلَ لِأَبِي الْأَشْهَبِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَدْرَكَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ جَدَّهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَفِي لَفْظٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ وَزَعَمَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى جَدَّهُ يَعْنِي عَرْفَجَةَ
Abdur Rahman bin Tarafah’s grandfather, Sayyiduna ‘Arfajah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates that in the battle of Kilab during the Age of Ignorance, his nose was cut off. He had a nose made of silver fitted, but it began to emit a bad odor. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to have a nose made of gold.