A man wearing a gold ring with a diamond engraved on it

24-5-2010 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalam o Alaikum,
I was gifted a gold ring with a diamond engraved on it at my wedding as a wedding ring but I do not wear it since its made up of Gold. However, my wife insists that one Alam suggested that since a diamond in engraved on the gold, a male can wear it. I have found Hadith that strongly forbid wearing gold for males.
I want to know that " is it true that if a diamond or some jewel is engraved on gold then male can wear it?"
Thankyou
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

 

We have already issued Fatwa 90906 clarifying that it is forbidden for men to wear gold and that there is a consensus among the scholars may Allaah have mercy upon them on this issue.

However, according to our knowledge there is a difference of opinion among the jurists may Allaah have mercy upon them about a small amount of gold if it is a part of something else, like a stone of gold in a silver ring and the like, and we have mentioned their difference of opinion in the above-referred Fatwa.

As regards the figure which you mentioned in the question, in which the ring is made of gold and them something else is engraved on it, then this is included in the general prohibition and we have not come across any jurist who made it an exception from that general prohibition.

Allaah Knows best.

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