Is It Permissible for Women To Wear Platinum Rings?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch
Question
Is it permissible for women to wear platinum rings?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
It is prohibitively disliked for women to wear jewelry made from anything other than gold or silver. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
The exception, however, is with regards to other types of metals that are plated with gold or silver – as the metal is no longer visible. [Ibn Maza, al-Muhit al-Burhani]
Note that the above is in reference to the ring itself, the stone placed on the ring is not restricted to gold and silver. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
Opinions From Other Schools
According to the relied upon position of the Maliki school and according to the Hanbali school using iron, copper, lead, etc.. are disliked for men and women. This is due to the narration of a man that came to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and give him peace) with a ring resemble brass, so the Messenger said to him, “I smell the fragrance of idols” then threw it away. The man then came back with a iron ring and the Messenger (may Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Why do I see on you the jewelry of the people of Hell?” He then threw it away. The man said, “O Messenger of Allah, what can I take as a ring?” He replied, “From silver, but do not complete a mitqal.” [al-Mawsu’a al-Kuwaitiyya]
Hope this helps
Allah knows best
[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
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Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he 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 several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.
