2007-09-24 19:54:59 · 14 answers · asked by aztec 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Question:
I have read that it is permissible for men to wear silver or any other precious metals except for gold. 1- What about diamonds, fake gold and gold plated? Also what is the ruling on having arabic engraved on your jewellery, i.e. A ring with Allah written in Arabic. Is this allowed? Another thing is it permissible for men to wear chains, or bracelets? 2-I have a problem, I have a friend at school, who is Muslim, but he does not practice Islam as far as I know. The main problem is that he wears two diamond, with i think a bit of gold ear-rings on his right ear. I told him that its not allowed, gave him some daleel, about wearing gold, and jewellery for men. But I don't think he read it. Can you provide me some daleel on ear-rings which I can give him, and how should I deal with this issue.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
It is haraam for men to wear gold, because of the hadeeth narrated by Muslim (2090) from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) which says that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) saw a gold ring on a man’s hand. He took it off and threw it aside, and said: “Would one of you go and pick up a live ember of fire and hold it in his hand?” After the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had left, it was said to the man: Take your ring and benefit from it (by selling it). He said: No, by Allaah, I will never pick it up when the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has thrown it aside.
Abu Dawood (4075), al-Nasaa’i (5144) and Ibn Maajah (3595) narrated from ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took a piece of silk in his right hand and a piece of gold in his left and said: “These two are haraam for the males of my ummah.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
Ahmad (6556) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr ibn al-‘Aas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever of my ummah wears gold and dies wearing it, Allaah will forbid the gold of Paradise to him, and whoever of my ummah wears silk and dies wearing it, Allaah will forbid the silk of Paradise to him.” Classed as saheeh by Shu’ayb al-Arna’oot in Tahqeeq al-Musnad.
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Sharh Muslim: As for gold rings, they are haraam for men according to scholarly consensus. The same applies if they are partially gold and partially silver. End quote.
As for fake gold, there is nothing wrong with wearing it, because it is not really gold, so it is not included in the ahaadeeth which forbid gold to men. But it is better not to wear it, because people may think badly of the one who wears it, and others may take him as an example and think that he is wearing real gold.
As for gold plated items, what is agreed among the fuqaha’ many fuqaha’, is that if the layer of gold produces any amount of gold upon being scratched or exposed to fire, if then it is haraam, but if it is simply a colour, and no gold can be produced from then there is nothing wrong with wearing it.
See: al-Majmoo’ (4/327) and al-Insaaf (1/81).
Secondly:
It is permissible for a man to wear rings and watches that contain precious metals or stones – other than gold – such as diamonds, because the basic principle is that they are permissible, and there is no evidence to suggest that that is not allowed, unless they are part of women’s jewellery such as bracelets and necklaces, in which case that is not allowed.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (24/77): Wearing rings is permissible for men if they are made of silver or precious stones, except for gold. End quote.
Thirdly:
It is not permissible for a man to wear women’s jewellery, such as bracelets, necklaces and earrings, whether they are made of gold, silver or anything else, because that is imitating women, and the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed men who imitate women. This has been discussed in the answer to question no.1980
Fourthly:
You should advise your friend and explain to him that it is haraam for men to wear earrings, and that doing so includes a number of things that are haraam: (i) wearing something that contains gold; (ii) imitating women; (iii) imitating the kuffaar, because it is the custom in some kaafir societies for men to wear earrings. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (4031); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
We ask Allaah to guide us and you.
And Allaah knows best.
Islam Q&A
2007-09-25 00:19:04 · answer #1 · answered by Muslimah Solehah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am muslim, and do not wear the hijab. I give you lots of credit, becuase I did try to wear the hijab I do not have a very thick skin. I went to the grocery store, no problem, no one was looking staring commenting, okay this may not be as hard as I thought. I went to the pharmacy, still no problem. I went to visit my family, this is where the problem came in. the very first thing said to me was not hello, it was "what the F*%$ is on your head"! This dropped my self esteam to damn near nothing. It was amazing to me that strangers would be so kind, and my family the ones who shun. I am very modest in the way I dress and speak. But I don't think I am ready to deal with other peoples reaction to the hijab. I give you lots of credit, and just because you don't call yourself a muslim, dosn't mean that you heart is not muslim. By the sound of all the thoughts and dreams your having, you don't have to choose Islam, it sounds like it has already chosen you!.
2016-05-18 00:02:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell yeah u can wear a necklace or whatever you want, I am a muslin and I wear everything, but in Islam men cant wear gold, I dunno why, but thats what people told me, I'm still wearing gold, I dont think theres anything wrong with wearing gold, but in General yes u can wear a necklace dude and if anyone told u the oppesit thats mean hes an ignorant, so enjoy ur necklace, BTW even girls can wear anything they want even gold, so anyways hope I helpd
just for info. work4truth is so wrong and he dont know wuts he talking about, I lived in Iraq for 19 years and I'm in Syria since awhole year and most of the guys were necklace, of course not Rappers kinda necklace, but we do wear it, and theres nothing wrong with it as long as u r open minded not like work4truth.
2007-09-24 20:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by ßäbéL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are born into a western society and that is a normal custom and it is not a gold necklace then OK.
If you are born and raised in a muslim country then no because it would be immitating others.
Be proud of your own culture heritage and respect others but don't be a follower, be a leader
2007-09-24 20:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by work4truth 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can wear A simple kind which shouldn't appear like women's style, But it shouldn't be made out of Gold or white gold, wearing gold jewelery is prohibited for man in Islam, Silver&other metals are allowed is allowed!!!
2007-09-24 20:04:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can wear jewlrey as long as it is not Gold, Gold is prohibited for men to wear. Go to this site and type in the question and you can get a better explanation why I hope it helps...
www.Islamqa.com
2007-09-24 20:45:18 · answer #6 · answered by FeshFash 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
good question.
if the answer you are looking is "if you war necklace you end up in hell/heaven", then it is the wrong question.
necklace won't get you to either of the two places. taking position on whether or not Jesus is who he said he is (Son of God who came to this Earth to die for our sins, and who was resurrected on third day because He himself was not a sinner) will define your destiny.
I know you could think that Islam is the only way. But ask yourself: taking 400-600 years to come up with new idea about Jesus Christ, even though his life was fully documented, does not it smell fishy? - It is the same as Jehowah Witnesses or Mormons or any other sect / cult did in last two hundred years: they said Bible does not contain all the truth and they came up with new one.
Jesus is the only way. He said so while walking this planet and it was recorded so by people who were next to him, a well as by historians of that present time.
By the way, if there were no Jesus, I probably would've been Muslim. But since there is Jesus who is who he said he is, I can't be Muslim - I have to control my future, my destiny. It is my life to live, and I can't be directed in the wrong direction. By submitting to islam scholars you are allowing other people to make a decision for you on what to do with your life.
By submitting to Jesus, you are gaining true freedom to decide how to live your life. No other religion can do it for you.
Do you want to pray 5 times a day? - Jesus wants you to be in fellowship with God constantly.
Do you want to follow Ramadan? - Jesus wants you to be holy daily.
Do you want to do good deeds? - Jesus wants you to do the same.
And best of all - Jesus provided a way to be holy and obedient to God through his blood on the cross AND through Comforter - Holy Spirit.
You see, Jesus knew walking this planet is tough. So He send us some divine help in the form of Holy Spirit that helps us in our daily lives.
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so, as muslim you can do whatever you want to. But make sure before too late you accept Jesus as your Personal Lord and Savior. Otherwise you won't get in a good place on Judgement day.......
2007-09-24 20:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by zoobrenok 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam never said that men shouldn't wear such things, even the extremists say men can wear them only if they are not made of gold.
2007-09-24 20:44:59 · answer #8 · answered by bookend 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a human being, you can. I see men wear them all the time.
2007-09-24 19:58:19 · answer #9 · answered by Princess Picalilly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is useless but there is no problem except if it is made of gold. Because gold is allowed for ladies only.
2007-09-24 20:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Silver is allowed for men.
Gold and all others is allowed for women.
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2007-09-24 20:02:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋