The Prohibition of Gold and Silver: Can Diamond Spoons Be Analogized to Them?
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The questioner : Regarding the prohibition of eating with gold and silver, can diamonds and expensive precious stones be analogized to them? For example, if it is made of... I mean, for instance, diamond, they say... its children and their children for a long time, it does not break.
The Shaykh : How much does the spoon cost?
The questioner : Very expensive.
The Shaykh : How much does it not exceed?
The questioner : They say the spoon is 500,000 or a million.
The Shaykh : 500,000 or a million riyals, or did it become ordinary spoons so that a hundred spoons break?
The questioner : Or, Shaykh, it is not necessary that all of it is diamond, or that part of it is diamond.
The Shaykh : In any case, it is not forbidden in terms of the metal; that is, the metal of diamond is not like the metal of gold and silver in all rulings. Therefore, it is permissible to differentiate in buying and selling, and there is no zakah on it, even if made into jewelry, and none of the rulings apply to it. However, if it falls under the category of extravagance, then it is forbidden on the basis of extravagance. Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : How much does the spoon cost?
The questioner : Very expensive.
The Shaykh : How much does it not exceed?
The questioner : They say the spoon is 500,000 or a million.
The Shaykh : 500,000 or a million riyals, or did it become ordinary spoons so that a hundred spoons break?
The questioner : Or, Shaykh, it is not necessary that all of it is diamond, or that part of it is diamond.
The Shaykh : In any case, it is not forbidden in terms of the metal; that is, the metal of diamond is not like the metal of gold and silver in all rulings. Therefore, it is permissible to differentiate in buying and selling, and there is no zakah on it, even if made into jewelry, and none of the rulings apply to it. However, if it falls under the category of extravagance, then it is forbidden on the basis of extravagance. Yes, that is correct.