Sulayman bin Habib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: By Allah, a people achieved many conquests, and the ornamentation of their swords was not of gold and silver; rather, the ornamentation of their swords was of camel sinew, lead and iron.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7579
Muhammad bin Ziyad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I saw a man asking Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him): What is your view, is ornamenting swords part of kanz (hoarded treasure) or not? Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes. Then he said: I only tell you what I have heard.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7580
Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "A man will be branded with his kanz (hoarded treasure), even with the metal tip of his sword's scabbard."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7581
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) looked at Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who had a sword ornamented with silver, and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever leaves behind silver or gold will be branded with it on the Day of Resurrection." He said: So he threw it away.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7582
Yahya bin Abd al-Wahid says: I heard Abu Mujib say that the tip of the scabbard of Abu Hurayrah's (may Allah be pleased with him) sword was made of silver. Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade him from it and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever leaves behind silver or gold will be branded with it." Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is some doubt about it (fihi nazar).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7583