What is the ruling on men wearing gold-rimmed watches and women wearing silver ones, and vice versa?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner asks: What is the ruling on men wearing gold-rimmed watches and women wearing silver ones, and vice versa?
Answer:
It is permissible for women to wear gold and silver, as this is among the adornments permitted for them. As for the man, he wears a silver ring. He wears a silver ring and does not wear anything of gold, whether rimmed or otherwise, except for the things in which a dispensation has been granted regarding gold, such as binding the teeth with gold, or making a nose out of gold if his nose has been cut off, or binding his teeth with gold. There is nothing wrong with this, because gold does not corrode unlike other metals, which corrode and become foul-smelling. So, whatever is necessitated by need, there is nothing wrong with it.
As for what falls under the category of adornment and beautification for men, this is forbidden and not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh! The questioner asks: What is the ruling on men wearing gold-rimmed watches and women wearing silver ones, and vice versa?
Answer:
It is permissible for women to wear gold and silver, as this is among the adornments permitted for them. As for the man, he wears a silver ring. He wears a silver ring and does not wear anything of gold, whether rimmed or otherwise, except for the things in which a dispensation has been granted regarding gold, such as binding the teeth with gold, or making a nose out of gold if his nose has been cut off, or binding his teeth with gold. There is nothing wrong with this, because gold does not corrode unlike other metals, which corrode and become foul-smelling. So, whatever is necessitated by need, there is nothing wrong with it.
As for what falls under the category of adornment and beautification for men, this is forbidden and not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم لبس الساعة المضببة بالذهب للرجال والفضة للنساء والعكس؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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