The ruling on the necklace (shabakah) that the husband gives before marriage
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, people have adopted a custom before marriage where the husband gives a gift to his fiancée, which they call the shabakah (necklace). What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
There is no basis for this shabakah; it is merely the practice of the ignorant. If it is accompanied by the belief that this shabakah causes the husband to love his wife, then this is a belief of open sinfulness. It becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted. You have already passed through in the book of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) the discussion regarding those who wear rings or threads to lift or ward off calamity, and that this is shirk. So, if one believes that the shabakah brings love between the spouses, then this is shirk. And if it is taken as a matter of custom, then this is a corrupt custom that is not known among the Muslims; it is merely the practice of the ignorant.
Honorable Shaykh, people have adopted a custom before marriage where the husband gives a gift to his fiancée, which they call the shabakah (necklace). What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
There is no basis for this shabakah; it is merely the practice of the ignorant. If it is accompanied by the belief that this shabakah causes the husband to love his wife, then this is a belief of open sinfulness. It becomes shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Exalted. You have already passed through in the book of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah) the discussion regarding those who wear rings or threads to lift or ward off calamity, and that this is shirk. So, if one believes that the shabakah brings love between the spouses, then this is shirk. And if it is taken as a matter of custom, then this is a corrupt custom that is not known among the Muslims; it is merely the practice of the ignorant.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : يا فرقة التنقيص بل يا أمة الدعوى بلا علم ولا عرفان — islamhouse.com (40:00)
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