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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The wisdom behind the prohibition of men wearing gold

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Question:
This questioner, Abu Ibrahīm, has two paragraphs and two questions. He asks about the wisdom behind the prohibition of men wearing gold.

Answer:
Because wearing gold is for adornment, and adornment is for women. Gold
So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?أَوَمَن يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
[Az-Zukhruf 43:18]
means women, yes. So it is one of the characteristics of women, and a man does not imitate women. This is one aspect. The second aspect is that adorning oneself with gold and silver for men breaks the hearts of the poor when they see it.
They are surprised by this from him, that they are poor and hungry, and he is wearing gold and silver. So a kind of envy and a kind of evil arise between them. And Allah knows best. The important thing is that it is not permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a man with a gold ring on his hand, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) took it off and threw it away, and said: "Does one of you take a coal of fire and put it in his hand?" This is not permissible for a man. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/024 — archive.org (14:57)

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