The Ruling on Wearing an Engagement Ring
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling on wearing the engagement ring, given that it may involve a belief?
Answer:
In this regard, if they believe that it makes the husband and wife love each other, this is a belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a form of doubt. Otherwise, it is one of the condemned customs, because it is not the custom of men to wear the ring, neither during the engagement period nor in this context; these are blameworthy customs. It is the least of the blameworthy customs, but if there is a belief attached to it, it is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what is the ruling on wearing the engagement ring, given that it may involve a belief?
Answer:
In this regard, if they believe that it makes the husband and wife love each other, this is a belief of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) and is a form of doubt. Otherwise, it is one of the condemned customs, because it is not the custom of men to wear the ring, neither during the engagement period nor in this context; these are blameworthy customs. It is the least of the blameworthy customs, but if there is a belief attached to it, it is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من الشرك لبس الحلقة والخيط ونحوهما لرفع البلاء أو دفعه — islamhouse.com (1:00:07)
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