Mufti Saheb, please advice with the following question. Is it permissible for women to wear imitation rings? JazakAllah
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
In principle, women are only permitted to wear rings made of silver or gold[1] and of no other type of metal[2]. Imitation rings are not made from real gold or silver but made in lead and zinc only[3]. Thus, it is not permissible for men or women to wear imitation rings[4]. However, it will be permissible to wear a ring which is not made of silver but it is simply plated with silver[5].
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Hanif Yusuf Patel
Student Darul Iftaa
UK
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References
[1] [Radd al-Muhtār alā al-Durr al-mukhtār, 6: 360, H.M. Saeed]
Bahishti Zewar Complete, pg. 183, Islamic Book Service;
Aap Ke Masaail Aur Unka Hal, vol. 7, pg. 149, Maktabah Ludhanwiyyah;
Ahsanul Fatawa, vol. 8, pg. 70, HM Saeed Company;
Fatawa Mahmudiyyah, vol. 19, pg. 339, Darul Iftaa Jami’ah Faruqiyyah;
(وَأَمَّا) التَّخَتُّمُ بِمَا سِوَى الذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ مِنْ الْحَدِيدِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالصِّفْرِ فَمَكْرُوهٌ لِلرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ جَمِيعًا لِأَنَّهُ زِيُّ أَهْلِ النَّارِ لِمَا رَوَيْنَا مِنْ الْحَدِيثِ.
[Badā`I al-sanā`I, 6: 526, Dār al-Kutub al-`Ilmiyyah]
(وَيَجُوزُ لِلنِّسَاءِ التَّحَلِّي بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ لَا) يَجُوزُ (لِلرِّجَالِ) أَمَّا بِالذَّهَبِ فَلِمَا رَوَيْنَا وَأَمَّا بِالْفِضَّةِ فَلِأَنَّهَا فِي مَعْنَى الذَّهَبِ فِي التَّزَيُّنِ وَوُقُوعُ التَّفَاخُرِ بِهَا
[Majma` al-Anhur, 2: 535, Dār Ihyā al-Turāth]
[2] وَفِي الْجَوْهَرَةِ وَالتَّخَتُّمُ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَالصُّفْرِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالرَّصَاصِ مَكْرُوهٌ لِلرَّجُلِ وَالنِّسَاءِ
[Radd al-Muhtar alā al-Durr al-Mukhtār, 6: 359, H.M. Saeed]
(واماالتختم بالحديدوالرصاص والصفر فهوحرام على الرجال والنساءجميعا.
Al-Fatāwā al-Tatārkhāniyah, 18: 125, Maktabah Zakariyah]
وَأَمَّا التَّخَتُّمُ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَالرَّصَاصِ وَالصُّفْرِ فَحَرَامٌ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ فِي الْخَانِيَّةِ وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ لَا بَأْسَ بِحَجَرِ الْيَشْمِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِذَهَبٍ وَحَدِيدٍ وَصُفْرٍ بَلْ حَجَرٌ انْتَهَى مُلَخَّصًا
[Barīqah Mahmūdiyah, 5: 418, al-Maktabah al-Shāmilah]
التَّخَتُّمُ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَالصُّفْرِ وَالنُّحَاسِ وَالرَّصَاصِ مَكْرُوهٌ لِلرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ؛ لِأَنَّهُ زِيُّ أَهْلِ النَّارِ
[al-Jawharat al-Nayyirah, 2: 282, Mīr Muhammad Kutub]
[3] http://www.jewelrypa.in/2012/08/16/what-is-artificial-jewelry-or-imitation-jewelry/
[4] [Tabyīn al-Haqā`iq, 7: 35]
[5] وَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يَتَّخِذَ خَاتَمَ حَدِيدٍ قد لُوِيَ عليه فِضَّةٌ أو أُلْبِسَ بِفِضَّةٍ حتى لَا يُرَى كَذَا في الْمُحِيطِ
[al-Fatāwā al-Hindiyyah, 5: 335, Maktabah Rashīdiyyah]
لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يُتَّخَذَ خَاتَمُ حَدِيدٍ قَدْ لُوِيَ عَلَيْهِ فِضَّةٌ وَأُلْبِسَ بِفِضَّةٍ حَتَّى لَا يُرَى تَتَارْخَانِيَّةٌ
[Radd al-Muhtār alā al-Durr al-Mukhtār, 6: 360, H. M. Saeed]