What is the ruling on men wearing diamonds?
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Question:
He asks about the ruling on men wearing diamonds?
Answer:
I do not know of anything regarding diamonds. What is prohibited for a man is gold. As for a silver ring or a diamond ring, I do not know of anything [prohibited] in them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore a silver ring, as did the Companions. Diamond is not gold; it is another type of metal, and it is closer to silver. It is not given the ruling of gold unless there is a legal proof. If there is a doubt in it, and a person prefers to leave it off because it involves extravagance and its value is high, and he is content with a silver ring, that is better, in the sense of avoiding extravagance and waste. If it is expensive, if it has a high value, he should put that high value into something that benefits him and benefits the Muslims. But if there is no waste in it, and its value does not cause harm or lead to people questioning and talking about him as being extravagant or the like, then the matter is easy.
So the conclusion is that we do not know of anything [prohibited] in a diamond ring, except if it has a high value, in which case leaving it off is safer, so that it is not said that he is extravagant, or that he does not care about money, in the sense of protecting one's reputation, and he should be content with a silver ring.
He asks about the ruling on men wearing diamonds?
Answer:
I do not know of anything regarding diamonds. What is prohibited for a man is gold. As for a silver ring or a diamond ring, I do not know of anything [prohibited] in them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wore a silver ring, as did the Companions. Diamond is not gold; it is another type of metal, and it is closer to silver. It is not given the ruling of gold unless there is a legal proof. If there is a doubt in it, and a person prefers to leave it off because it involves extravagance and its value is high, and he is content with a silver ring, that is better, in the sense of avoiding extravagance and waste. If it is expensive, if it has a high value, he should put that high value into something that benefits him and benefits the Muslims. But if there is no waste in it, and its value does not cause harm or lead to people questioning and talking about him as being extravagant or the like, then the matter is easy.
So the conclusion is that we do not know of anything [prohibited] in a diamond ring, except if it has a high value, in which case leaving it off is safer, so that it is not said that he is extravagant, or that he does not care about money, in the sense of protecting one's reputation, and he should be content with a silver ring.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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