It is permissible for a person in ihram to wear a watch, a ring, glasses, and to fasten the cloak, and the like

The questioner : Is it permissible for a person in ihram to fasten the izar (lower garment), to fasten the rida (cloak), to put a pin in it, to wear a watch, to wear a ring, and the like? Is it permissible or not?

The Shaykh : It is permissible, and there is no blame on him.

The questioner : Why?

The Shaykh : Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prohibit this. Yes, if a person were to pin the cloak from the neck to the navel so that it becomes like a shirt, then perhaps in this case we might say that it is not permissible for you to do that, because some people pin the cloak like this from here to below the navel, so that his entire chest remains covered by something like a stitch, making it similar to a shirt. We prohibit this. However, fastening it with a single pin is fine, and there is no blame on him. Likewise, a wristwatch is fine, a ring is fine, and eyeglasses are fine, and an earpiece in the ear; all of this is permissible and there is no blame on him. And that is because the default

The questioner : And what?

The Shaykh : The default? The default is that there is no prohibition. The default is permissibility and the absence of prohibition until evidence establishes a prohibition. If these matters were among those that are forbidden, Allah the Exalted would have made that clear through the tongue of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).