The Ruling on the Engagement Ring Before Marriage
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The questioner:
Our final question, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is what is the ruling on the engagement ring before marriage? We ask for detail on this. Also, do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to the engagement ring ceremony? And is it permissible for her to ask for it? What is the ruling on the engagement ring before marriage? He asks for detail on it, and says: Do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to her sister’s engagement ring ceremony? And he says: Is it permissible for my wife to ask for khul’ (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) because I prevented her from going to something like this?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks about the engagement ring.
The Shaykh:
We do not do this, and it is not among our customs. If one believes that it brings love and connection between the spouses, that is a belief of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says: Do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to her sister’s engagement ring ceremony?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is not permissible. Say to her: This is not permissible, and do not go to it; because this is agreeing with them in that.
The questioner:
And he says: Is it permissible for his wife to ask for khul’ (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) because he prevented her from going to the engagement ring ceremony?
The Shaykh:
No, the matter does not reach that point. I say the matter does not reach that point. But mutual understanding in the best manner is required. Yes.
Our final question, Your Eminence the Shaykh, is what is the ruling on the engagement ring before marriage? We ask for detail on this. Also, do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to the engagement ring ceremony? And is it permissible for her to ask for it? What is the ruling on the engagement ring before marriage? He asks for detail on it, and says: Do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to her sister’s engagement ring ceremony? And he says: Is it permissible for my wife to ask for khul’ (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) because I prevented her from going to something like this?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He asks about the engagement ring.
The Shaykh:
We do not do this, and it is not among our customs. If one believes that it brings love and connection between the spouses, that is a belief of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says: Do I have the right to prevent my wife from going to her sister’s engagement ring ceremony?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is not permissible. Say to her: This is not permissible, and do not go to it; because this is agreeing with them in that.
The questioner:
And he says: Is it permissible for his wife to ask for khul’ (divorce at the wife's request for compensation) because he prevented her from going to the engagement ring ceremony?
The Shaykh:
No, the matter does not reach that point. I say the matter does not reach that point. But mutual understanding in the best manner is required. Yes.
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