عبد الله;1118697 said:
Assalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh brother //-Asif-\\ and brother alcurad,
It is not for either of you to decide whether something is permissible or not. If you had the ability to give rulings on such matters you would have given some sort of evidence supporting it - where is the evidence? You have reached a conclusion based on your own logic and reasoning, this isn't acceptable.
Please share with us which scholar supports this view of yours, or provide us with a hadith which - you think - suggests your view has a basis. The views both of you have expressed aren't supported by anyone I know of.
Brother //-Asif-\\ said his chain was made of white gold. White gold is not "gold" it is a metal platinum or silver that is called white gold. As stated in the following cotton and oil are also called gold in some cultures because they are precious. Men can also wear precious jewels like diamonds and rubies as stated also.
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What is the ruling on men wearing white gold?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Gold is in fact yellow in colour. It may be also described as red because of having some copper mixed with it in most cases. This is what is well known among people and is mentioned in books about language, metals etc.
In al-Mu’jam al-Waseet it says: Gold is a metal that is yellow in colour.
Professor Muhammad Husayn Joodi said in his book ‘Uloom al-Dhahab wa’l-Siyaaghat al-Mujawharaat (Sciences of gold and jewels): It is well known that every kind of metal that is used in making ingots, such as copper, silver, palladium, platinum, zinc etc have an obvious effect on the ingot’s colour, hardness and melting point. Gold gives a yellow colour and prevents oxidization of the ingot. Copper gives the ingot a red colour and makes it stronger and harder. End quote.
After consulting experts in the field of gemology and metallurgy, they said that the phrase “white gold” may be applied to a number of things:
1 – It is applied to the metal platinum. It is permissible for men to wear it and there is no sin in that, because there is nothing in sharee’ah to suggest that it is forbidden for men. The fact that people call it white gold does not make it haraam, because it is just a name that is given to it, but it is not really gold. Similarly, cotton is also called “white gold” and oil is called “black gold”, because it is precious, but that does not make it haraam either. And it is permissible for men to wear precious stones such as diamonds, rubies etc.
