What is the ruling on using gold and silver vessels?

Question:
If gold or silver vessels are gifted to a person, should he accept them or return them?

Answer:
He should break them and benefit from them; he accepts them and then breaks them. Gold and silver are sold even if they are broken.
Q: What about the one who says that it is only forbidden to eat and drink from gold and silver vessels?
The Shaykh: No, all uses fall under the same ruling.
Q: What is the evidence? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh: This is it; because their manufacture is a means. If he makes them, it is a means for drinking and eating.
Q: What about for adornment?
The Shaykh: No, they are not for adornment. If he makes them for adornment and someone comes to drink from them, it is a means. Furthermore, it is extravagance.
Q: Some water faucets are plated with gold.
The Shaykh: In any case, they should not be plated. This is a mistake; they should not be gilded or plated.