There is something called white gold, which is the known gold metal, but certain materials with specific compositions are added to it, changing it completely.

The questioner : The questioner says: There is something called white gold, which is the known gold metal, but certain materials with specific compositions are added to it, changing it completely. The question is: Is this metal called white gold treated like known gold regarding the obligation of zakah in it and the prohibition of men wearing it?

The Shaykh : There is no such thing as white gold. In the famous hadith regarding zakah, , gold is not anything but red. This white gold has a specific name; what is it? It is platinum. So it is not gold, and there is no zakah in it except for what is prepared for trade. It is not forbidden for a man to wear it, unless doing so falls under the category of extravagance, or falls under the category of a person taking on debt in order to wear it. For example, a poor man who has no money sees a rich man who has the wealth of the world wearing platinum. This man who wears platinum is at the same level as him; they are all young men. This man is very rich, and it is very easy for him to wear this platinum. The poor man has nothing, so he went and borrowed from someone. The platinum ring is worth ten thousand riyals. He borrowed to wear a platinum ring like, like whom? Like his companion, like his companion. We tell this second man: Your wearing it is forbidden, and the first man’s wearing it is lawful. Because the first man wore what is like his own, and this is not wearing what is like his own, so it becomes forbidden. Thus, wearing platinum is lawful, unless it is extravagance, or it necessitates or entails burdening one’s financial responsibility with debt. Yes.