Women Wearing Rings From Metals Other Than Gold or Silver

Answered by Shaykh Ilyas Patel

Question:

I've read somewhere that it is not permissible for women to wear rings made from metals other than real gold and silver. But then somewhere else I read that it is permissible for a woman to wear rings made from any type of metal. Which is correct?

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Walaikum assalam,

Allama Ibn Abidin (Allah have mercy on him) quotes Imam al-Haddadi's al-Jawhara al-Nayyira, which is a commentary on Imam Quduri's Kitab that wearing a ring made from metal, brass, copper and lead is offensive (makruh) for both men and women.

Also he mentions further that there is no problem wearing a ring made of metal which has a coating or covering of silver such that the metal itself cannot be seen. (Allama Ibn Abidin, Hashiya ibn Abidin pg 360)

- Ilyas Patel

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