Is It Permissible For Someone To Wear a Bracelet With Their Birthstone In It?
Question: Is it permissible for someone to wear a bracelet with their birthstone in it if they do not believe in the benefits or harms of such stones?
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate,
It is permissible for a woman to adorn herself with all types of precious stones. As for a man, scholars differed with regards to all precious stones save the ‘Aqiq stone. [Mawsili, al-Ikhtiyar fi T’alil al-Mukhtar]
The ‘Aqiq stone is permitted due to the direct text of the Prophetic doings. For this reason, some scholars, such as Al-Halwani and Qadi Khan (Allah have mercy on them) have chosen their permissibility like the ‘Aqiq stone. However, other scholars have not deemed it permissible. [Ibid.]
Adornment For Men
It is established that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) wore a silver ring which He used as a stamp. Imam Mawsili mentions in al-Ikhtiyar the following:
“Wearing a ring (i.e. silver) is a sunna for the one in need of it like the sultan, the judge, or those in a similar position. As for those who do not have a need for it, it is best to leave.” [Ibid.]
Things like watches and glasses have a utilitarian function and are not merely adornment.
I hope this helps,
Allah knows best.
[Shaykh]Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he then completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and a number of texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
