What is the gold necklace mentioned in the hadith on the etiquettes of the wedding?

The questioner : I asked one of the teachers at the University of Jordan. A teacher of Shari'ah.

The Shaykh : That makes the problem easier. Okay.

The questioner : So I told him, in a hadith by Shaykh Nasir al-Din al-Albani, he says this hadith. You mean the book, right? The book which is the Etiquettes of the Wedding, so he told me.

The Shaykh : You made a mistake, you made a mistake with him, as evidenced by the fact that he told you, let us see.

The questioner : He said that this Shaykh al-Albani, but, he singled out this hadith, meaning he responded. He responded. So, do you want a fatwa on that? I told him yes. May Allah be pleased with you. Wear it and I am with you.

The Shaykh : On my side, I am on his neck. Just as the Shaykh singled out the hadith, he singled you out. Allah is the Helper. Why did you make a mistake? Because we are all in need, and you may be in greater need of learning the political aspect of the Shari'ah. You do not say to him, Shaykh al-Albani, because Shaykh al-Albani is resented by these people, but what do you know about the relationship between al-Albani and the people, or the relationship between the people and al-Albani?

The questioner : That is enough, my friend.

The Shaykh : The important thing is that you tell him, what is your opinion of such-and-such a hadith and such-and-such a hadith? Do not mention al-Albani at all, and according to the saying of some Syrians, do not mention him, keep going, keep going, why? Because people today, except those whom Allah protects, and they are few, do not know the truth except by the men, contrary to what the great men say, "Know the truth and you will know the men." People today know the truth if you tell him, such-and-such a mufti says this, and that is it, a mufti, especially the poor women, that if this mufti were not a scholar, they would not have appointed him in this position. The women do not know, but the men do not know today that the muftis, if they are truly scholars, the rulers do not entrust them with the position of issuing fatwas as a single scholar, but they include him in a committee in a fatwa department. For what? To double-check him, to lose him, to double-check him. If he issues a fatwa that contradicts the ruler, they find some people from the entourage of the department who take the fatwa by vote. Yes, and perhaps the problem that occurred in Saudi Arabia took this path, and even if the mufti is known to be a gentle, soft man, but not in truth or falsehood, they will put you down, O mufti of the people, even if he is the best of people, for what? To issue from him fatwas that support this reality, and you hear today many fatwas that confirm this deviation among the great men, the muftis and others, those who permitted a little riba (usury or interest), and those who permitted a lot of riba under the name of murabahah (a cost-plus sale), which I understood the trick of in the first session, and the covenant with you is not far, all these are of this type. Therefore, you and all the attendees must learn the political aspect of the Shari'ah in posing questions. So I would have preferred that you do as some of the clever ones did, as I was told in Damascus. There were some sheikhs who were fanatical for the Hanafi school and against Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. As you know, many people, especially the Sufis among them, are among the fiercest enemies of the correct Islam to which Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) called. So perhaps fifty years ago or so, some prominent scholars and jurists in Damascus always attacked Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in their lessons. So one of the students, who had intelligence, wisdom, and acumen, and some knowledge of the stature of Ibn Taymiyyah, took a book by Ibn Taymiyyah, removed the cover, the first page on which it was written "Authored by such-and-such," and presented it to the Shaykh after the lesson. He said to him, "Honorable Shaykh, this book fell into my hands, and we cannot do without your knowledge, and we do not read except with your approval, so we want to see what your opinion is of this book, do we read it or not?" He told him, "I will study it, if Allah wills." The next day or the next lesson, he gave the answer that this is, by the will of Allah, a book by a great, distinguished scholar, and this should be read and benefited from, and so on. He was the one who prepared the page. He stuck it to the book, and they said, "This is the authorship of Shaykh al-Islam." They said, "No, this is not useful. Glory be to Allah. This is a misguided, deviant man, and so on." His speech changed in one session. Why? Because he does not know the truth except by the men. So when he knew that this was a book by Ibn Taymiyyah, it became a contemptible book, before he knew Ibn Taymiyyah, it was a great and noble book. So you, may Allah bless you, must ask him, "This hadith is from the beloved, and the hadith of the daughter of Hubayrah is authentic, and see what answer he gives." But if you say to him, "Al-Albani said this," he will give you that answer.

The questioner : I told him, but I brought the two hadiths, and he responded to me, saying, "Why was the gold made? Why did they make it?"

The Shaykh : By the will of Allah. May Allah keep you safe. If it is forbidden, tell him the reason they made it is khamr (intoxicants). Why did they make the khamr? Yes. He said, "They drink it." But who drinks it? The people of taqwa (mindfulness of Allah) or the people of deviation? Yes, Abu Ahmad.

The questioner : This, O Shaykh, one of the brothers, uh, did it with, uh, Muhammad 'Adil al-Sharif, who passed away. He was, uh, uh, he was in al-Husayni Mosque, he held positions for us here previously in the Waqf (endowment) department. He brought him a book by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and removed the leather cover, also the same method, and asked him about this book and praised it highly. So he told him, "This book is by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, whom you call a Wahhabi." The same method, glory be to Allah, meaning yes. And this was at our university, there was a student named 'Abd al-Karim who was studying Shari'ah with me. He was a student of Hazm Abu Ghazali, so we were always, meaning, and a group of Sufis, how many of us were always discussing. So I used to present him with evidence from the hadiths and such. One day he said, "I want to see those evidences." I told him, "Okay, but on the condition that the book is not by Ibn Taymiyyah." I told him, "O son of al-Halal, we want, we have nothing to do with Ibn Taymiyyah, we want the hadith, not Ibn Taymiyyah." So this, glory be to Allah, they teach them that it is the book of such-and-such and the book of such-and-such, regardless of what its content is, just the name, they object to it, they do not accept it at all, even if it contains verses and hadiths. Glory be to Allah. Yes, yes. May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh : Yes, no, we did not mention it. Are you aware that the gold mentioned in the Etiquettes of the Wedding regarding women is only the gold necklace, and not gold in general? Be aware of this point? Yes, yes. So gold is permissible for women, not for men, but the gold permissible for women is what is not a necklace, bracelet, or ring. If the idea is clear in your mind, then the evidence is available, and praise be to Allah.

The questioner: Our Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes. To Algeria. Yes. I am drunk.

The questioner : It has been an hour and a half, and they are giving us. Okay.

The Shaykh : Yes.