What is the ruling on a gold ring for men?

The questioner : Regarding the gold ring for men...

The Shaykh : ...for women.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : For women.

The questioner : Because al-Bara' ibn 'Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) wore a ring of gold?

The Shaykh : ...for women, not for men.

The questioner : Is it for men?

The Shaykh : For men, we have concluded it.

The questioner : No, I mean for men.

Another questioner : My Shaykh...

The Shaykh : The scholars have concluded this matter, so how do you impose it?
The student: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : I had a good opinion of you; I thought you wanted to say women, so I said men.

The questioner : No, I mean men.

The Shaykh : I know, hehe.

The questioner : I don't know, what is your opinion on it?

The Shaykh : Glory be to Allah, is there an opinion when there is a text?

The questioner : No, because what is it called, because al-Bara', Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that al-Bara' was not reported to have been forbidden, and it is known that he is the one who narrated the hadith of prohibition, so what is the cause in this?

The Shaykh : I don't know, are you quoting accurately from Ibn al-Qayyim or not?

The questioner : I quoted it.

The Shaykh : My answer is on two points. One point: what do you know about the rule that the consideration is with the narration of the narrator, not his opinion? What is the stronger position for you?

The questioner : The consideration is with his narration, not his opinion.

The Shaykh : With his narration.

The questioner : With his narration.

The Shaykh : From his narration.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Okay, did you apply this rule here?

The questioner : I did not apply it.

The Shaykh : Why?

The questioner : Because I did not realize.

The Shaykh : Then you have realized it.

The questioner : ...because it was confused, if...

The Shaykh : ...May Allah forgive what has passed. We say you have realized it.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Meaning you took the answer, okay.

The questioner : Okay.

The Shaykh : I still have another one I saved for you, which is that al-Bara' understood that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a special status for him by giving him the gold ring, and some scholars said this. That is why I told you I don't know if you are quoting accurately from Ibn al-Qayyim or not. In any case, the consideration is with the narrator and the transmitter. You are now a narrator and a transmitter, and the answer has been presented to you, whether you got the quotation right or wrong, correct?

The questioner : Correct.

The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.

The questioner : And you likewise.