AlBaqir:


# Wedding ring is a cultural or social practice. While it has nothing to do with Islam, there's no command to its forbiddance. Therefore, it is neither obligatory nor haram to wear it. It is not even a recommended act or an act we frown at as far as Islamic laws are concern. On the other hand, some used to speculate that wedding ring is Christianic. That is a plain lie. Wedding ring is an European culture just like suit (coat) and tie is their's.


# However, the fact that your husband gave it to you, that means he wants you to wear it. I don't know his intention but norms of our society is "recognition". A woman with wedding ring is recognised and generally believed to be a married woman, and society gives her more respect. And men are usually back off the tail of such women (except perverted men).

# In India, their culture is not wedding ring but a red spotted ink at the forehead of a woman, that signify married or engaged. And keeping of moustache for men indicate married men.

* So, please look for your wedding ring and put it on provided you can still find it or talk to your hubby to provide another if he still wants it on your finger. May Allah strengthen and bless your family.

Wa Salam alaykum.

Ruling on wearing engagement and wedding rings
What's the ruling regarding wedding rings for men? If permissible, can they be of any material other than gold? What other metals, other than gold, is prohibited for men?
Published Date: 2001-11-17
Praise be to Allaah.
With regard to men wearing gold, whether it is a ring or anything else, it is not permissible under any circumstances, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade gold for the males of this ummah. He saw a man wearing a ring of gold and he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took if from his hand and said, “Would any one of you take a coal from the fire and hold it in his hand?” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Libaas wa’l-Zeenah, 3897). So it is not permissible for the Muslim male to wear a gold ring. But with regard to rings of silver or any other kind of metal, it is permissible for men to wear them even if they are precious metals.

With regard to the wedding ring, which is worn on the occasion of marriage, this is not one of the customs of the Muslims. If it is believed that it generates love between the spouses, and that taking it off and not wearing it will have an effect on the marital relationship, then this is regarded as a form of shirk and is a kind of jaahili belief. Based on the above, it is not permissible to wear a wedding ring under any circumstances.

Firstly, because it is an imitation of those who are no good; it is a custom that has come to the Muslims from the non-Muslims.

Secondly, if that is accompanied by the belief that it has an effect on the marital relationship, then this is a kind of shirk. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah).

(From a fatwa issued by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked about the ruling on wearing engagement rings. He said: The engagement ring is a kind of ring, and there is nothing wrong with rings in principle, unless that is accompanied by some belief, as some people do when the man writes his name on the ring that he gives to his fiancée, and she writes her name on the ring that she gives to him, believing that this will create strong bonds between the couple. In this case, this ring is haraam, because it is an attachment to something for which there is no basis in Islam and which makes no sense. Similarly, with regard to the engagement ring, it is not permissible to the man to put it on his fiancée’s hand, because she is not his wife yet and she is still a stranger (non-mahram) to him, because she is not his wife until after the marriage contract has been done.

See al-Fataawa al-Jaami’ah li’l-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, vol. 3, p. 914-915

hamzeiy:

This is epic..kindly tell us in the entire quran or hadith that forbade us from eating human flesh...

Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse 12:

"O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the FLESH of his dead brother? But you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful."

It is generally accepted that only cannibals and animals eat human flesh; hence, Qur'an present it in a rhetoric question.

hamzeiy:

There are three sources of legislation in islam,
The quran, sunnah and fiqh on issues based on sunna as extablish by the companions.
That been said the issue of ring is clearly a non islamic culture and the rasool has forbidden on that my verse thus goes
: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (4031) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood. 

Secondly,

The Muslims have no need to imitate any of the other nations in matters of religious rituals and acts of worship, for Allaah has perfected His religion and completed His Favour, and chosen for us Islam as our religion, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):  

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”

[al-Maa'idah 5:3] 

# @underline, so how's wedding ring a matter of "imitation in religious rituals and acts of worship"?

# Islam doesn't go against culture exchange among people of cultural differences so long it is not a sinful act that Islam specifically condemned.

# For a fact, there are lots of things Nabi met the Arabs doing being part of their culture yet he never cancelled it. He only changed things that oppose Islamic beliefs.

hamzeiy:

Finally,
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you hand span by hand span, cubit by cubit, to the extent that if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will enter it too.” We said: “O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1397; Muslim, 4822. 

# So what do you understand by the hadith?

madridguy:
I'm not here to appeal the minds anyone but to open the eyes of the extremist seeing everything good as against Islam.

So wearing ring has suddenly become good. Because ? Of what exactly? Keep deceiving your self bro. I pray Allah guide you. Everything good is encouraged by islam. Ring is a pagan culture alien ti islam and we have been discouraged by your leader tge rasool to desist from practicing cultures peculiar to non muslims. A word is enough

AlBaqir:



Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse 12:

"O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the FLESH of his dead brother? But you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful."

It is generally accepted that only cannibals and animals eat human flesh; hence, Qur'an present it in a rhetoric question.




# @underline, so how's wedding ring a matter of "imitation in religious rituals and acts of worship"?

# Islam doesn't go against culture exchange among people of cultural differences so long it is not a sinful act that Islam specifically condemned.

# For a fact, there are lots of things Nabi met the Arabs doing being part of their culture yet he never cancelled it. He only changed things that oppose Islamic beliefs.





# So what do you understand by the hadith?

Islam goes against certain cultures as long as its peculiar to non muslims or has a kufristic roots. Get your facts right. You have been blabbing without evidence. Islam went against jahilliya arab practices, so its not an issie of culture but tenets of the faith. Am done quoting you. Ure not forced to believe

AlBaqir:


For anything to be tag Haram in Islam, Quran or Rasul must have declared it Haram exclusively. Kindly show us a single verse or a single Hadith (even if it is weak Hadith) that specifically say "wedding ring" is haram. Thanks

Go thru i quoted AlBaqir

madridguy:
Stop displaying your extremism in a public forum like NL. Half baked knowledge is cancerous, look for knowledge and stop saying jargons.

Who gave the authority that there should be a particular ring for weddin?

And who said wearing ring is haram?

Shafiiimran99:
Who gave the authority that there should be a particular ring for weddin?

hamzeiy:

This is epic..kindly tell us in the entire quran or hadith that forbade us from eating human flesh...

There are three sources of legislation in islam,
The quran, sunnah and fiqh on issues based on sunna as extablish by the companions.
That been said the issue of ring is clearly a non islamic culture and the rasool has forbidden on that my verse thus goes
: “Whoever imitates a people is one of them.” Narrated by Abu Dawood (4031) and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood. 

Secondly,

The Muslims have no need to imitate any of the other nations in matters of religious rituals and acts of worship, for Allaah has perfected His religion and completed His Favour, and chosen for us Islam as our religion, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):  

“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”

[al-Maa'idah 5:3] 

Finally,
It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “You will certainly follow the ways of those who came before you hand span by hand span, cubit by cubit, to the extent that if they entered the hole of a lizard, you will enter it too.” We said: “O Messenger of Allaah, (do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He said: “Who else?” Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1397; Muslim, 4822. 

To the op always asked religous matters from learned people so as not to be misled by small ignorant people. May Allah contnue to guide you and us all. Ameen
And to bayhaqi its better to say I dont know if you dont. Its safer and wiser

I already know that you only claim to know, so your own Islamic legislation is only three. don't confuse people with your tashadud, go seek for knowledge with ur mind open to learn. fiqh is a sub- under sunna and quran. where do you classify Qiyas and Ijma'. the harm people like you may be causing to Islam might be more than those with guns and bomb. calling ring bidia, How does ring add to you faith or remove from it.

begwong:
What a counter without any proof!

Go thru i quoted AlBaqir

Stop swimming in ignorance and get good knowledge about ISLAM. There is no room for illiteracy in ISLAM.

hamzeiy:


So wearing ring has suddenly become good. Because ? Of what exactly? Keep deceiving your self bro. I pray Allah guide you. Everything good is encouraged by islam. Ring is a pagan culture alien ti islam and we have been discouraged by your leader tge rasool to desist from practicing cultures peculiar to non muslims. A word is enough

Shafiiimran99:
Ruling on wearing engagement and wedding rings

What's the ruling regarding wedding rings for men? If permissible, can they be of any material other than gold? What other metals, other than gold, is prohibited for men?
Published Date: 2001-11-17

Praise be to Allaah.
With regard to men wearing gold, whether it is a ring or anything else, it is not permissible under any circumstances, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade gold for the males of this ummah. He saw a man wearing a ring of gold and he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) took if from his hand and said, “Would any one of you take a coal from the fire and hold it in his hand?” (Narrated by Muslim, al-Libaas wa’l-Zeenah, 3897). So it is not permissible for the Muslim male to wear a gold ring. But with regard to rings of silver or any other kind of metal, it is permissible for men to wear them even if they are precious metals.

# For a fact, nobody is talking about men wearing gold ring here. We discuss wedding ring.

Shafiiimran99:

With regard to the wedding ring, which is worn on the occasion of marriage, this is not one of the customs of the Muslims. If it is believed that it generates love between the spouses, and that taking it off and not wearing it will have an effect on the marital relationship, then this is regarded as a form of shirk and is a kind of jaahili belief. Based on the above, it is not permissible to wear a wedding ring under any circumstances.

# Contemplate on the bold and it will clear your confusion.
Clearly your sheik or website you copy-paste that from made their rule ONLY under the highlighted conditions. Meaning anything outside that, they have no problem with it.

# It is not only ring, even water IF you associated anything shrik to it and drink or use, then it becomes sin on you.

Shafiiimran99:

Firstly, because it is an imitation of those who are no good; it is a custom that has come to the Muslims from the non-Muslims.

Secondly, if that is accompanied by the belief that it has an effect on the marital relationship, then this is a kind of shirk. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah).

# You wear suit and tie today, you use phone and laptop, Muslim's countries use guns and other forms of artilleries during wars today. Mosques all over the world use Microphone, megaphone, loudspeaker etc. Which one of them is not "Kuffar's" invention and culture? Why do your troglodytes Salafi shuyukh approved their usage?

Shafiiimran99:

(From a fatwa issued by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked about the ruling on wearing engagement rings. He said: The engagement ring is a kind of ring, and there is nothing wrong with rings in principle, unless that is accompanied by some belief, as some people do when the man writes his name on the ring that he gives to his fiancée, and she writes her name on the ring that she gives to him, believing that this will create strong bonds between the couple. In this case, this ring is haraam, because it is an attachment to something for which there is no basis in Islam and which makes no sense. Similarly, with regard to the engagement ring, it is not permissible to the man to put it on his fiancée’s hand, because she is not his wife yet and she is still a stranger (non-mahram) to him, because she is not his wife until after the marriage contract has been done.

See al-Fataawa al-Jaami’ah li’l-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, vol. 3, p. 914-915

# Obviously, it is you internet salafiyah students that have problem with perception of your shuyukh's verdicts. As you can see it clearly, Ibn Uthaymeen put series of clauses in his ruling.

hamzeiy:

Islam goes against certain cultures as long as its peculiar to non muslims or has a kufristic roots. Get your facts right. You have been blabbing without evidence. Islam went against jahilliya arab practices, so its not an issie of culture but tenets of the faith. Am done quoting you. Ure not forced to believe

# @Underline, ONLY if that practice go against Islamic principles and recognition.

# For a fact, Turban and Jalabia is never Islamic introduced culture. Islam met it as part of Arabian culture. Since there's nothing wrong with it, Muslims even the Prophet used it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQZYJQJq01Y.
it's imitation of the unbelievers. this short video explains it

madridguy:
And who said wearing ring is haram?

It is Allah. Allah says don't follow human being otherwise they will mislead you from path of your lord cos they know nothin but conjecture. For those who believe in weddin ring, they treat it like their god. Why?

hamzeiy:


Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: What is the guideline on the issue of imitating the kuffaar? 

He replied: 

Imitation of the kuffaar may be in appearance, clothing, food and other things because it is a general word which refers to a person doing something that is done exclusively by the kuffaar, in such a way that whoever sees him would think that he is one of the kuffaar. This is the guideline. But if the thing has become widespread among both Muslims and kaafirs, then this imitation is permissible, even if it was originally taken from the kuffaar, so long as it is not haraam in and of itself, such as wearing silk. End quote.

# @underline, so how can you ruled that wedding ring is still Haram? Don't you listen to your sheik?


* For a fact, wedding ring is now an acceptable practice among Muslims and non-muslims irrespective of its origin.

* Even your sheik sensed the danger of declaring things as haram for he himself used many things that were Pagan and Kuffar invented.

Shafiiimran99:
It is Allah. Allah says don't follow human being otherwise they will mislead you from path of your lord cos they know nothin but conjecture. For those who believe in weddin ring, they treat it like their god. Why?

Kindly answer whenever you hear meeeh (goat).

You don't understand the scriptures.

Shafiiimran99:
It is Allah. Allah says don't follow human being otherwise they will mislead you from path of your lord cos they know nothin but conjecture. For those who believe in weddin ring, they treat it like their god. Why?

Shafiiimran99:
Wedding ring is haram in islam, just thank Allah that you lost it and tell hub to stop wearing it

stop posting of what you don't have any knowledge about it. This is how you mislead people to what they don't know. Is their any part of quaran or hadit that prohibited the use of wedding ring for a woman? There was a case of one ofthe follower of prophet muhammed that his wife requested for his ring to pay for her dowry Becuase of lack of fund. I think abu hirar or so may Allah forgive me if I mistake of the name.

Praise be to Allah.
With regard to the wedding ring, which is worn on the occasion of marriage, this is not one of the customs of the Muslims. If it is believed that it generates love between the spouses, and that taking it off and not wearing it will have an effect on the marital relationship, then this is regarded as a form of shirk and is a kind of jaahili belief. Based on the above, it is not permissible to wear a wedding ring under any circumstances.

Firstly, because it is an imitation of those who are no good; it is a custom that has come to the Muslims from the non-Muslims.

Secondly, if that is accompanied by the belief that it has an effect on the marital relationship, then this is a kind of shirk. Laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah).

(From a fatwa issued by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan).

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen was asked about the ruling on wearing engagement rings. He said: The engagement ring is a kind of ring, and there is nothing wrong with rings in principle, unless that is accompanied by some belief, as some people do when the man writes his name on the ring that he gives to his fiancée, and she writes her name on the ring that she gives to him, believing that this will create strong bonds between the couple. In this case, this ring is haraam, because it is an attachment to something for which there is no basis in Islam and which makes no sense. Similarly, with regard to the engagement ring, it is not permissible to the man to put it on his fiancée’s hand, because she is not his wife yet and she is still a stranger (non-mahram) to him, because she is not his wife until after the marriage contract has been done.

See al-Fataawa al-Jaami’ah li’l-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, vol. 3, p. 914-915

Shafiiimran99:
It is Allah. Allah says don't follow human being otherwise they will mislead you from path of your lord cos they know nothin but conjecture. For those who believe in weddin ring, they treat it like their god. Why?

Listen to yourself and THINK. THINK! How did they take wedding rings as their gods? As pointed out above, the internet and other forms of tech are largely Kuffar accomplishments, how do you resolve your position? Did you get a fatwa to use them? Did you get a fatwa on how to tie your shoelaces also? Wonder why the mosques use loudspeakers, what about recordings of the Quran on phones, need a fatwa to approve your listening to it?

AlBaqir:


# Wedding ring is a cultural or social practice. While it has nothing to do with Islam, there's no command to its forbiddance. Therefore, it is neither obligatory nor haram to wear it. It is not even a recommended act or an act we frown at as far as Islamic laws are concern. On the other hand, some used to speculate that wedding ring is Christianic. That is a plain lie. Wedding ring is an European culture just like suit (coat) and tie is their's.


# However, the fact that your husband gave it to you, that means he wants you to wear it. I don't know his intention but norms of our society is "recognition". A woman with wedding ring is recognised and generally believed to be a married woman, and society gives her more respect. And men are usually back off the tail of such women (except perverted men).

# In India, their culture is not wedding ring but a red spotted ink at the forehead of a woman, that signify married or engaged. And keeping of moustache for men indicate married men.

* So, please look for your wedding ring and put it on provided you can still find it or talk to your hubby to provide another if he still wants it on your finger. May Allah strengthen and bless your family.

Wa Salam alaykum.

I found this view rather strange. If something is exclusively a culture of the Europeans then we should avoid it because majority of them are non-Muslims. However, it been a culture of the Europeans is certainly an over simplification. The origin may be cultural but the current practice is undoubtedly religious. Wedding rings are exchanged in Church during marriage officiation not at cultural gatherings during marriage celebration.

As for 'recognition', I am surprised that a Muslim will believe that putting on a wedding ring is what different married from unmarried women. Islam has prescribed dress code for Muslim women (whether married or unmarried). Any woman who adhere to that dress code is unlikely to be harassed by any man. That is our way of recognizing our women not by wedding ring.

Lastly, just look at what your fatwa caused. A few comments below yours a lady mocked our mode of dressing and the way Muslims houses are guarded jealously in the northern part of the country.

QueenOfNepal:
If you stay in Lagos you need to because young men will always try to hit on you but if you are in the North then no need because you are either in a Ba Shiga apartment or you are covered like a masquerade that nobody can even see your face

Dìndìnrìn

AlBaqir:



Surah Al-Hujraat, Verse 12:

"O you who believe! avoid most of suspicion, for surely suspicion in some cases is a sin, and do not spy nor let some of you backbite others. Does one of you like to eat the FLESH of his dead brother? But you abhor it; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful."

It is generally accepted that only cannibals and animals eat human flesh; hence, Qur'an present it in a rhetoric question.




# @underline, so how's wedding ring a matter of "imitation in religious rituals and acts of worship"?

# Islam doesn't go against culture exchange among people of cultural differences so long it is not a sinful act that Islam specifically condemned.

# For a fact, there are lots of things Nabi met the Arabs doing being part of their culture yet he never cancelled it. He only changed things that oppose Islamic beliefs.





# So what do you understand by the hadith?

Is marriage cultural or religious thing?

AlBaqir:


Kindly answer whenever you hear meeeh (goat).

salaam alaykum bro, in addition, I guess we are not supposed to wear Kembe,Abeti-aja,Dansiki since these forms of dressing are exclusively dresses of the kuffars (Yoruba traditionalist) whom were first known to wear this dress exclusively before many of us adopted it.... May Allah guide us and forgive us and bro Albaqir, please you are a well respected person on Nairaland no matter the provocation show that you senior them in non insultive response .....!!!!

[quote author=AlBaqir post=62035747] Y do women see it as a sign of love when they recieve common ring from men?
# For a fact, nobody is talking about men wearing gold ring here. We discuss wedding ring.
# Contemplate on the bold and it will clear your confusion.
Clearly your sheik or website you copy-paste that from made their rule ONLY under the highlighted conditions. Meaning anything outside that, they have no problem with it.
# It is not only ring, even water IF you associated anything shrik to it and drink or use, then it becomes sin on you.
# You wear suit and tie today, you use phone and laptop, Muslim's countries use guns and other forms of artilleries during wars today. Mosques all over the world use Microphone, megaphone, loudspeaker etc. Which one of them is not "Kuffar's" invention and culture? Why do your troglodytes Salafi shuyukh approved their usage?
# Obviously, it is you internet salafiyah students that have problem with perception of your shuyukh's verdicts.

AlBaqir:


Kindly answer whenever you hear meeeh (goat).

Ok. Thanks you

AlBaqir:

Kindly answer whenever you hear meeeh (goat).

Ok. Thanks you

I think we misunderstood each other. What op asked is whether it is compulsory for her to wear a ring given to her as gift by her husband after marriage. In this scenario I believe there is nothing wrong with it.

What I and many others disagree with is the new practice that gradually penetrating Muslim societies. This is the practice of exchanging rings at the time of contracting marriage by the couples as is done by Christians during church wedding. This category is certainly imitation of the non Muslims.

So many replies here.Thanks to all of you.May Allah(SWT) reward you All.
Ameen

bahaushe1:
I think we misunderstood each other. What op asked is whether it is compulsory for her to wear a ring given to her as gift by her husband after marriage. In this scenario I believe there is nothing wrong with it.

What I and many others disagree with is the new practice that gradually penetrating Muslim societies. This is the practice of exchanging rings at the time of contracting marriage by the couples as is done by Christians during church wedding. This category is certainly imitation of the non Muslims.

What I wanted to know is if its a must in Islam and the conditions surrounding it.thanks for replying

DuBLINGreenb:
I want to understand more about hijab after marriage especially a muslim woman married to a christian man

there is no marriage between them and those who join the false marriage will also bear in it on d day when nothing else will matter

Shafiiimran99:

Y do women see it as a sign of love when they recieve common ring from men?

# Thanks for using the word "sign of love".

1. Indeed, Love is in the heart and sometimes it manifest through words and deeds. Often time, a man/woman tells his wife/husband "I love you", and when indecency (extramarital affair) presented itself to either of them, that "sign of love" they carry remind them of their commitment. Even those who engage in extramarital affairs do put off the ring and keep it somewhere. Wearing it while engaging in indecent act makes their conscience beat. Only s/he who sincerely fear God, do not need any symbol or sign to keep him/her away from indecency and evil acts.


2. In this society of ours, it is very necessary if not important for women to wear wedding ring for that "sign of love" introduced them to the society as married i.e a responsible individual. Therefore, wayward men should back off because she's in love, engaged and married to someone. Why do society change title from "miss" to "Mrs" after wedding? Why do our culture embrace change of name to that of husband knowing fully well that's not the wife's real surname? Its a way of recognition of your status. And society gives more respect to the married.


# Wife of a friend had a serious problem at the airport when she was about to meet her husband abroad. Her two children bears their father's name but the wife continue to maintain her own father's name (in line with Arabian culture and practice: Arabian woman continue to maintain her father's name after being married). The woman has nothing (identification) to show she's married to whom she claimed to be her husband - no wedding ring, not bearing husband's name. The children are too babies to defend their mum either. At the airport, insinuation of child trafficking was suspected and she was arrested. Only after few investigations saved the day. That's few importance of wedding ring as far as common people and this society is concerned.