The Ruling on Giving the Fiancée the Engagement Ring
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on giving a woman who is engaged a ring called the engagement ring?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not among the customs of the Muslims. They call it an engagement, and they believe that it brings love between them. This is a defective belief. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on giving a woman who is engaged a ring called the engagement ring?
Answer:
This is not permissible. This is not among the customs of the Muslims. They call it an engagement, and they believe that it brings love between them. This is a defective belief. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (56:47)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.