The Ruling on Dental Work, Welding, and Eyeglasses with Gold for Men
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
He tells you it is a gold compound.
The Shaykh:
It requires consideration. If it is replaced, then something else is safer for him. If it is replaced, then something else, because teeth are easily available from other than gold. Yes. O servants of Allah,Sunan Abi Dawud 3874Da'if (Al-Albani). Yes. [Al-An'am 6:119] In case of dire necessity. Yes. Eyeglasses should be made of other than gold for men. Yes. The bridge should be of other than gold; it should be welded with other than gold, welded with another type of solder. Soldering is easily available without gold. What does "dire necessity" mean in this case? There is no harm, and there is no dire necessity here, because soldering is easily available without gold. Yes.
He tells you it is a gold compound.
The Shaykh:
It requires consideration. If it is replaced, then something else is safer for him. If it is replaced, then something else, because teeth are easily available from other than gold. Yes. O servants of Allah,
so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.
تداووا ولا تداووا بحرامwhile He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled
وَقَدْ فَصَّلَ لَكُم مَّا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
Source
التعليق على بعض أحاديث سنن النسائي، تابع شرح كتاب الزينة، من باب: تَحْرِيمِ الذَّهَبِ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ، إلى باب: مَنْ أُصِيبَ أَنْفُهُ هَلْ يَتَّخِذُ أَنْفًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ — islamhouse.com (22:54)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.