The Ruling on Vessels Other Than Gold, But More Expensive

Question:
(The Ruling on Vessels) What if they are more expensive than gold?

Answer:
Even if it does.
Q: Some vessels nowadays are more valuable.
A: It is obligatory to restrict oneself to what came from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
Q: Some people use them for adornment?
A: Even so, it is not permissible for adornment; because adornment is a means to drinking from them, and the Shari'ah came with blocking the means to harm. Then His saying: "They are for them in this world, and for you in the Hereafter" indicates that we have no attachment to them at all, but rather they are for the disbelievers, in the sense that they consider them lawful and use them, whereas the Muslim does not. This includes spoons and plates: tea plates, coffee plates, and the spoons used to take the broth, and the like of that, all of which are a type of vessel.
Q: The operative cause of the prohibition...?
A: They differed on this: some said it is because it breaks the hearts of the poor, and some said it involves boasting and arrogance......