Are men allowed to wear platinum or palladium rings with diamonds?

· 13 Ramadan 1434 AH1 min readFatwa 26216English
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Question

Are men allowed to wear platinum or palladium rings with diamonds?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium are all various metals that are used to make jewelry. Platinum’s description is that it is silvery-white, lustrous, ductile, and malleable. Platinum is more ductile than gold, silver and copper, thus being the most ductile of pure metals, but gold is still more malleable than platinum. [1] Platinum is extremely long wearing and is very white, so it does not need to be rhodium plated like white gold does. Palladium is also a white metal which has a silver-grey-white color and is similar to platinum. [2]

In terms of Sharīah, men are only allowed to wear silver rings that weigh less than one Mithqal (approximately 4.374 g). [3] Any other material or metal other than a silver ring is prohibited for men. Hence, it is not permissible for men to wear platinum or palladium rings. [4]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum Last accessed on September 12, 2012

[2] http://gilletts.com.au/information.php?info_id=39 Last accessed on September 12, 2012

[3] (قوله ولا يزيده على مثقال) وقيل لا يبلغ به المثقال ذخيرة.

أقول: ويؤيده نص الحديث السابق من قوله - عليه الصلاة والسلام - «ولا تتممه مثقالا» (رد المحتار، ج 6، ص361، سعيد)

[4] (قوله ولا يتختم إلا بالفضة) هذه عبارة الإمام محمد في الجامع الصغير (رد المحتار، طج 6، ص 359، سعيد)

Answered by
Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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