The Ruling on Women Wearing Gold
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The questioner: My master, I wanted to chat. It has been two days since I last spoke with you. I don’t know how to talk to you? It has been two days since I spoke with you. May it be good, if Allah wills. May it be good, if Allah wills. I am asking for your help, but I have two pieces of information. Please, may Allah reward you with good. Regarding a book I was reading a few days ago, *The Etiquettes of the Wedding*.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And your book speaks about the prohibition of gold for women.
The Shaykh: No, I am not saying that.
The questioner: How did we forget?
The Shaykh: Read it properly.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, the chapter on the one who shaves.
The Shaykh: Yes, here, yes, that is how you speak properly.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: How do you mean? I didn’t manage to... how do you mean?
The Shaykh: What do you mean? How? Do you not want to understand the issue? Did you read the hadith or did you not understand it?
The questioner: I read our hadith.
The Shaykh: Well, you did not understand the hadith: “Whoever wants to encircle his beloved with a ring of fire, let him encircle her with a ring of gold,” and so on. And you did not understand the hadith of Lady Fatimah when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon her.
The questioner : And.
The Shaykh: And in her hand was a chain of gold, so he said to her: “O Fatimah, would it please you that people would talk and say, ‘Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, has a chain of gold around her neck’?” Did you not understand this hadith?
The questioner: I am proposing to our heads.
The Shaykh: What am I supposed to do for you? You are asking about a legal ruling, yes. But what you do with your bride is not something I can change the world for you with just a fatwa I issue. The important thing is that you, as the groom—yes, because the language of the groom and the bride, both are considered the bride—yes, so the important thing is that, as the bride, you believe in what you read. Then, when you propose to your bride, you try to convince her of what you have been convinced of. But if you are not convinced, then one who lacks something cannot give it. So, convince yourself with these authentic hadiths and submit them to the ruling of Allah the Exalted, as He said:[An-Nisa 4:65] and they find no difficulty in what He has decreed and submit with full submission.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: And your book speaks about the prohibition of gold for women.
The Shaykh: No, I am not saying that.
The questioner: How did we forget?
The Shaykh: Read it properly.
The questioner: Yes, indeed, the chapter on the one who shaves.
The Shaykh: Yes, here, yes, that is how you speak properly.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner: How do you mean? I didn’t manage to... how do you mean?
The Shaykh: What do you mean? How? Do you not want to understand the issue? Did you read the hadith or did you not understand it?
The questioner: I read our hadith.
The Shaykh: Well, you did not understand the hadith: “Whoever wants to encircle his beloved with a ring of fire, let him encircle her with a ring of gold,” and so on. And you did not understand the hadith of Lady Fatimah when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) entered upon her.
The questioner : And.
The Shaykh: And in her hand was a chain of gold, so he said to her: “O Fatimah, would it please you that people would talk and say, ‘Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, has a chain of gold around her neck’?” Did you not understand this hadith?
The questioner: I am proposing to our heads.
The Shaykh: What am I supposed to do for you? You are asking about a legal ruling, yes. But what you do with your bride is not something I can change the world for you with just a fatwa I issue. The important thing is that you, as the groom—yes, because the language of the groom and the bride, both are considered the bride—yes, so the important thing is that, as the bride, you believe in what you read. Then, when you propose to your bride, you try to convince her of what you have been convinced of. But if you are not convinced, then one who lacks something cannot give it. So, convince yourself with these authentic hadiths and submit them to the ruling of Allah the Exalted, as He said:
But no, by your Lord, they will not [truly] believe until they make you, [O Muhammad], judge concerning that over which they dispute
فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And you as well.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1321 — d3watuna.com (9:34)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.