What is your opinion of those who say that no one before Al-Albani ruled the wearing of gold by men to be forbidden?

The questioner : Well, Shaykh, regarding those who say that no one said this except Al-Albani; is this statement correct?

The Shaykh : No, it is not correct. We have mentioned in "Adab al-Zafaf" (Etiquette of the Wedding) who preceded us in this. They know this fact and they ignore it.

Another questioner : They focus on Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, on the statement of Ibn Hajar.

The Shaykh : They tell you there is scholarly consensus (ijma'), glory be to Allah! We said to them: establishing scholarly consensus in these matters is almost impossible; and therefore it is established from Imam Ahmad that he said: "Whoever claims scholarly consensus has lied, and how does he know? Perhaps they differed." Second: there is no scholarly consensus on the prohibition of all gold...
...with Islamic legal rulings and Islamic morals, and so on; meaning, society is proceeding according to the verse: ; therefore, this = -- may Allah have mercy on you -- = this permissiveness, we can utilize it; as long as people are doing the forbidden acts by the consensus of the community, we do the Sunnah which many Imams affirmed, even if we contradict the masses, but the fitnah (trial) comes from the friction and the quarreling, especially with the one who is worse, not with the one who is better.
Yes.