Is it Permissible to Wear a Watch with a Bezel Made of Gold for Men?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
You already answered the question in the following link. (Is It Permissible to Wear Watches That Have Small Amounts of Gold in Them?).
However, I still had a question on that. What would it look like if only the bezel on a watch were made of white gold? Is there no distinction between yellow gold, white gold, and rose gold? Since this is not built directly into the interior of the watch, you don’t have direct contact with it when wearing it because it is from above.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It will be permissible to wear a watch with a gold bezel. There is no distinction between the types of gold, yellow, white, or rose gold.
The reason is that the gold item has no contact with the skin. Therefore, it is permissible; neither is it a principal component without which the item is unusable.
[Ibn Maza al-Bukhari, Al-Muhit al-Burhani]
I would like you to go through the valuable answers and links below. You will receive guidance and direction in sha Allah.
Related
Wassalam,
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
أحدهما: أن الأصل في المخلوقات إباحة الانتفاع بها، والحرمة لعارض، والنص ورد في تحريم الشرب والأكل في آنية الذهب والفضة، فكل ما يشبه المنصوص عليه في الاستعمال يلحق بالمنصوص عليه، وما لا يشبه المنصوص عليه (٩٠أ٢) يبقى على أصل الإباحة، وهناك يتصل الذهب والفضة بيده، وههنا لا يتصل بيده، فلم يكن نظير المنصوص عليه في الاستعمال، فالحاصل أن أبا حنيفة على هذا الوجه اعتبر حرمة الاستعمال فيما يتصل بيده صورة.
والثاني: أن هذا مانع فلا يكره، كالجبة المكفوفة بالحرير، والعلم في الثوب، وقياسًا على الشرب من يده وعلى خنصره خاتم فضة، فإن ذلك لا يكره
المؤلف: برهان الدين أبو المعالي محمود بن أحمد بن عبد العزيز بن عمر بن مَازَةَ البخاري الحنفي
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied in the UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan, and Turkey. He started his early education in the UK. He went on to complete the hifz of the Quran in India, then enrolled in an Islamic seminary in the UK, where he studied the secular and ‘Aalimiyya sciences. He then traveled to Karachi, Pakistan. He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for several years. He has taught hifz of the Quran, Tajwid, Fiqh, and many other Islamic sciences to children and adults onsite and online extensively in the UK and Ireland. He taught at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK, where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences. He currently resides in the UK with his wife. His interest is a love of books and gardening.
