Jewelry for woman.
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would like to ask u is it permissible for a muslim woman to wear bangles,
chains etc made of seashells. what about pearls?
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Jewelry for woman
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Your
Question: …i would like to ask u is it permissible for a muslim woman to
wear bangles, chains etc made of seashells. what about pearls?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Nur verse 31:
31 And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and
guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and
ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they
should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty
except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons,
their husbands' sons, their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their
sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or
male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of
the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to
draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! Turn ye all together towards Allah that ye
may attain Bliss.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah
Aaraaf verses 31-33:
31 O children of Adam! Adorn
yourself with beautiful adornment (or apparel) at every time and place of
prayer: eat and drink, but waste not by excess, for Allah loves not the
wasters.
32 Say: ‘Who hath forbidden the beautiful (gifts) of Allah which He
hath produced for his servants, and the things clean and pure (which He hath
provided) for sustenance?, Say: ‘they
are in the life of this world for those who believe, (and) purely for them on
the Day of Judgment.’ Thus do We explain
the Signs in detail for those who understand.
33 Say: ‘The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are: ‘shameful
deeds whether open or secret; sins and trespasses against the Truth or reason;
assigning of partners to Allah for which He has given no authority; and saying
things about Allah of which ye have no knowledge.’
Allah has bestowed in the inherent nature of the woman to
adorn herself with aids of beauty, make-up, jewelry, trinklets, etc.; and there
is absolutely no harm or restriction on the believing woman to adorn herself
with aids of beauty provided that her beauty is not displayed to non-mehram
members of the opposite sex. Islam does not at all forbid or prohibit a
believing woman from adorning herself with aids of beauty, provided she is
careful not to display her beauty and adornments in front of non-mehram men;
but she is at absolute liberty to adorn herself with as much adornments and
ornaments as she wishes in front of her mehrams, especially her husband.
Your
Question: …i would like to ask u is it permissible for a muslim woman to
wear bangles, chains etc made of seashells. what about pearls?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah
Nahl verse 14:
14 It is He Who has made the sea subject that ye may eat thereof flesh
that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom ornaments to
wear; and thou sees the ships therein that plough the waves that ye may
seek (thus) of the Bounty of Allah; and that ye may be grateful.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 12:
12 Nor are the two bodies of flowing water alike, the one palatable
sweet and pleasant to drink and the other salty and bitter. Yet from each (kind of water) do ye eat
flesh, fresh and tender, and ye extract ornaments (from the sea) to wear;
and thou sees the ships therein that plough the waves that ye may seek (thus)
of the Bounty of Allah; that ye may be grateful.
There is absolutely no restriction regarding the type or
kind of ornaments or jewelry a believing woman is permitted to wear in Shariah,
be it bangles, or chains, etc. made of sea-shells or pearls, or any other type
of precious or semi-precious stones. The
believing woman is at absolute liberty to adorn herself with any type of
ornaments and jewelry she wills and pleases, provided she pays accurately the
‘zakah’ on her valuable jewelry, and she does not make a display of her
adornments in the presence of non-mehram men.
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
Wister