The Ruling on Wearing an Engagement Ring
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah make things easy for you, what is the ruling on wearing an engagement ring, given that it may involve a belief?
Answer:
In this regard, if they believe that it causes the husband and wife to love each other, then this is a belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Otherwise, it is one of the deficient customs; because it is not the custom of men to wear rings, neither during the engagement period nor in [general]. So it is a blameworthy custom. At the very least, it is among the blameworthy customs, and if there is a belief involved, it is shirk.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah make things easy for you, what is the ruling on wearing an engagement ring, given that it may involve a belief?
Answer:
In this regard, if they believe that it causes the husband and wife to love each other, then this is a belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Otherwise, it is one of the deficient customs; because it is not the custom of men to wear rings, neither during the engagement period nor in [general]. So it is a blameworthy custom. At the very least, it is among the blameworthy customs, and if there is a belief involved, it is shirk.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين [11] — alfawzan.live (1:04:42)
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