The Meanings of Reports · Hadith 729 (#Ḥadīth #1)

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن عبد الحميد بن أبي العلاء قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: إن الشرك أخفى من دبيب النمل. وقال: منه تحويل الخاتم ليذكر الحاجة وشبه هذا.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Abdul-Hamid bin Abi’l-‘Alaa’, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, polytheism is more concealed than the creeping of ants. He also said: Among (the applications of) it is to turn a ring in order for one to remember a need, and the like of this.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).