Decorated swords and their use

It is narrated from Urwah bin Abdullah that he said: I heard Abu Ja'far say: The hilt of Sayyiduna Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) sword was of silver. (The narrator says:) I asked: The Commander of the Believers? He said: The Commander of the Believers.

It is narrated from Sa'id bin Abi al-Hasan that he said: The hilt of the sword of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was of silver.

It is narrated from Hisham bin Urwah that he said: The sword of Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) had an ornamentation of silver on it.

Uthman bin Hakim reports, saying: I saw a nail of gold in the hilt of the sword of Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Nafi' that he said: The sword of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was ornamented. (The narrator says:) I said to Nafi': Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) ornamented it? Nafi' said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) wearing that sword slung on him.

He said: I have seen Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) wearing it slung on him.

It is narrated from al-Qasim that he said: The sword of Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was ornamented.

It is narrated from Abu Wahshiyyah al-Sayqal that he said: Mus'ab summoned me, and then he took out two swords and showed them to me, and asked: Which of these two is better? I said: This one. And on its hilt were particles of silver. People said that this is the sword of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Abu Bakr bin Abdullah that he said: I saw an ornamented sword on Makhul.

It is narrated from Abu Ishaq that he said: The sword of Masruq was ornamented.

It is narrated from Amir that he said: Ali bin al-Husayn brought out the sword of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and showed it to us, and its pommel and the two rings that hold the straps were of silver. The narrator says: I asked him about it, and it turned out to have been given as a gift. This was the sword of Munabbih bin al-Hajjaj al-Sahmi, which he (peace and blessings be upon him) took for himself on the day of the Battle of Badr. The narrator says: Then he showed us his (peace and blessings be upon him) coat of mail, and it was a fine Yemeni coat of mail with two clasps. When it was fastened up by its clasps it would be tucked up, and when it was let down it would touch the ground.

It is narrated from Abu Ja'far that he said: There is no harm in a sword being ornamented.