What is the ruling on using gold and silver vessels for purposes other than eating and drinking, such as for adornment?
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The questioner : All right, Shaykh, one last question; what is your opinion on using gold and silver for purposes other than eating and drinking?
The Shaykh : For whom?
The questioner : Your opinion.
The Shaykh : For whom is the use? For men or for women?
The questioner : No, the use for purposes other than eating and drinking, for men or for women?
The Shaykh : For men, it is forbidden. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I do not mean wearing it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I did not mean wearing it; I do not mean, for example, the hadith of Umm Salim regarding the jirjar (gold chain) or the vessel, meaning one that is, for example, made of gold and silver but is not used for eating or drinking, such as for adornment or the like?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Your question was general. As they say, you went back to the press. Why?
The questioner : I did not understand what you meant. What I mean now is...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am telling you that your question was general. What do I intend? I am telling you that your question was general.
The questioner : I made a mistake. I apologize.
The Shaykh : Do you want to understand what I am saying?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Understand what I am saying.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills. You did not answer me, Shaykh. But all right, regarding the specific question, I apologize for...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You threw your problem at me and then left. You say you did not give me the answer because I do not know how to ask. Repeat your first question, erase it, and put in its place the question you actually mean. What was your first question?
The questioner : What is your opinion on using gold and silver for purposes other than eating and drinking? That was my first question.
The Shaykh : Yes, and I told you: Do you mean men and women? You said: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, the mistake now is in the issue of...
The Shaykh : All right, now, may Allah forgive what has passed. What is your question?
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding now, if I have a vessel of silver, of silver or of gold.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I do not use it for eating or drinking, what is its ruling?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : The evidence is that he prohibited these gold and silver vessels.
The Shaykh : For whom?
The questioner : Your opinion.
The Shaykh : For whom is the use? For men or for women?
The questioner : No, the use for purposes other than eating and drinking, for men or for women?
The Shaykh : For men, it is forbidden. May Allah guide you.
The questioner : I do not mean wearing it.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I did not mean wearing it; I do not mean, for example, the hadith of Umm Salim regarding the jirjar (gold chain) or the vessel, meaning one that is, for example, made of gold and silver but is not used for eating or drinking, such as for adornment or the like?
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. Your question was general. As they say, you went back to the press. Why?
The questioner : I did not understand what you meant. What I mean now is...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. I am telling you that your question was general. What do I intend? I am telling you that your question was general.
The questioner : I made a mistake. I apologize.
The Shaykh : Do you want to understand what I am saying?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Understand what I am saying.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, if Allah wills. You did not answer me, Shaykh. But all right, regarding the specific question, I apologize for...
The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. You threw your problem at me and then left. You say you did not give me the answer because I do not know how to ask. Repeat your first question, erase it, and put in its place the question you actually mean. What was your first question?
The questioner : What is your opinion on using gold and silver for purposes other than eating and drinking? That was my first question.
The Shaykh : Yes, and I told you: Do you mean men and women? You said: Yes.
The questioner : Yes, the mistake now is in the issue of...
The Shaykh : All right, now, may Allah forgive what has passed. What is your question?
The questioner : Shaykh, regarding now, if I have a vessel of silver, of silver or of gold.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And I do not use it for eating or drinking, what is its ruling?
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible.
The questioner : The evidence.
The Shaykh : The evidence is that he prohibited these gold and silver vessels.
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