Women gold unlawful albani.
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One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Dear
Brother,
Recently
I came to know some hadiths which were quoted by
Shaik
Al-Albani which prohibits gold jewellery for women. Please clarify. Is there
any exception?
Please
find below the hadiths Quoted by Shaik Al-Albani.
First:
«Whoever would like to put a ring of
fire on his beloved, let him put on him a ring of gold, and whoever would like
to put a necklace of fire on his beloved, let him put on him a necklace of
gold, and whoever would like to put a bracelet of fire on his beloved, let him
put on him a bracelet of gold. Rather, go to silver and play with it, play with
it, play with it.» [Aboo Daawood
and Ahmad: Hasan].
[[The word for "beloved" (i.e. Habeeb) is neuter and could be either
male or female, but the construction for "put on him" uses a pronoun
which can only be male singular ( i.e. -hu). Since when do males, old or young,
wear rings, necklaces or bracelets of either gold or silver?? Then if we take
it to refer to small boys - then we are saying that minors are punishable for
acts they commit - which is obviously incorrect, or rather that they are
punishable for acts of their fathers, who dress them with that! ! And taking it
to refer to males does not solve anything, since the majority of scholars who
forbid gold for men also forbid silver. So the end of the hadeeth remains a
problem for them.]]
Second: On the authority of
Thaubaan (radhi-yAllaahu 'anhu) who said: "Sint Hubaira came to the
Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) wearing large rings of gold on her
hand. The Prophet (sallallaahu '$laity wa sallam) began hitting her hand with a
small stick which he had, saying:
«Would it please you for Allaah to put rings of fire on your hand?» And so she went to Faatimah to plead her
case." Thaubaan said: "The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
went to Faatimah and I was with him. She had taken a gold chain from around her
neck and she said: `This was given to me by Abu Hassan' ( i.e. `Ali, her
husband), and the chain was in her hand. The Propeht (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa
sallam) then said:
«O Faatimah would you be pleased if the people were to say that Faatimah the
daughter of Muhammad has a chain of fire on her hand?» Then he became harsh with her, and left without sitting. She took the
chain, sold it, and bought the freedom of a number of slaves. When that reached
the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) he said:
«All praise be to Allaah who has saved Faatimah from the fire.» [Ahmed, an-Nasaa.ee and others: Saheeh].
Third: On the authority of
'Aa.ishah that the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) saw two twisted
bracelets made of gold on her wrist. He said:
«Cast them away from yourself, and put in their place two bracelets made of
silver and dye them yellow with Saffron.» [an-Nasaa.ee and others: Saheeh].
Fourth: On the authority of Umm
Salama, wife of the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) , who said: "I
put some gold bead-shaped ornaments around my neck. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
'alayhe wa sallam) came in and turned away from it. I said to him: `Will you
not look at its beauty?' He said:
«It is from your ornaments which I have turned away.» Then I broke the necklace, and he turned to
face me." The narrator said:"They believed that the Prophet
(sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) then said:
«How will it harm one of you women if you make earrings out of silver, and
then dyed them (yellow) with Saffron?» [Ahmad
and others: Saheeh].
Brother,
what is the opinion of other scholars such as likes of Al-Albani?
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Answer:
Women gold unlawful
albani
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
808 Narrated by Abu Musa Ash'ari
The Prophet (saws)
said: ‘Wearing silk and gold has been made unlawful for the males of my Ummah
and lawful for their females.’
Respected brother in Islam, although the hadiths quoted by
you and referred to by the eminent scholar Shaikh Albani are found in the
authentic Sunnah, the absolute majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam,
from the earliest of the noble companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws), the
four recognized and respected schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafei, and
Hanbali) and even the most respected and eminent scholar of our times, Shaikh
Ibn Baaz ….they all are of the opinion that the wearing of gold jewelry is
absolutely permissible for the believing women of the Muslim Ummah….and they
base their opinion on this authentic and established narration of the Messenger
of Allah (saws):
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
808 Narrated by Abu Musa Ash'ari
The Prophet (saws)
said: ‘Wearing silk and gold has been made unlawful for the males of my Ummah
and lawful for their females.’
Shaikh Albani did start a huge controversy when, based on
the above quoted narrations, he declared his opinion that the wearing of gold
jewelry is categorically forbidden for the believing woman in Islam. But the absolute majority of the scholars and
jurists in Islam, from the earliest times until today, consider those
narrations quoted by the Messenger of Allah (saws) more as a dislike that his
own family should adorn themselves with gold rather than a comprehensive
prohibition for the believing Ummah. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan