What Kind of Ring Was On The Prophet
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Question:
I am planning to get engaged soon, in sha' Allah. I want to buy a carnelian ('aqiq) ring, but I am
not sure what colored stones men are allowed to wear. What color carnelian ring did
Muhammad, Allah bless and grant him peace, use to wear? I know that only a silver base is
allowed, but what about the color of the stone and what about the shape?
Answer:
In The Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate
May Allah bless your engagement and grant you success (tawfiq) to follow His
beloved messenger, Allah bless and grant him peace, in all your endeavors, outwardly
and inwardly.
It is sunna for a man to wear one silver ring, with or without a stone, on his pinky
finger. If it has a stone, it is sunna for it to face inwards towards his palm, out of
emulation of the Prophet, Allah bless and grant him peace, who did this. He may wear
it on the right or left hand, and according to the Shafi'i School the right is best. As for
other than his pinky, the relied upon position is that it is offensive (makruh). This is
the summary of what is in Tuhfah.1
I have not seen the jurists mention the size, color, or shape of the stone. However,
they differ as to the weight of the ring itself. Some of them said that it is obligatory
for it to be under one mithqal (4.235 grams) due to a prophetic tradition prohibiting
this, but the scholars of hadith differed concerning it's authenticity. While others said
that the ring's size may not exceed what was commonly acknowledged to be
acceptable ('urf) for someone like him in his location. This second position is what
Imam Ramli and al-Khatib, Allah have mercy on both of them, said was the relied
upon position,2 but it would be more scrupulous to avoid the difference of opinion
and wear a ring that was less than 4.235 grams.
As for the ring of our beloved prophet, Muhammad, Allah bless and grant him peace;
Muslim relates on the authority of Anas Bin Malik, Allah be pleased with him, that
Allah's Messenger, peace and blessing be upon him, wore a sliver ring on his right
hand, in it was an Abyssinian stone and he used to make the stone face his palm.3
Imam al-Nawawi said in his commentary on Sahih Muslim: "The scholars say ... an
Abyssinian stone means a stone of onyx [ in which there is whiteness and blackness]
or carnelian ('aqiq) because their mines are in Abyssinia and Yemen, or it is said [it
means] that it's color was Abyssinian (i.e. black)."4 Some of the scholars among them
al-Suyuti also said that Abyssinian means a kind of chrysolite with a greenish color
which exists in the lands of the Abyssinians.5 This prophetic tradition is rigorously
authenticated and one explanation for an Abyssinian stone is that it was carnelian
('aqiq), but it should be noted that there are no prophetic traditions which have been
authenticated stating that the prophet, Allah bless and grant him peace, wore a
carnelian ring. Shaykh Abdullah al-Lahji said in his commentary on al-Nabahani's
Shama'il: "Everything that has been transmitted of prophetic sayings concerning
carnelian rings, indeed none of it is authenticated; even if it's chains of transmission
are numerous as the Hafiz Ibn Rajab said [Allah have mercy on him]."6
So whether you get engaged or not, intend by wearing a ring emulation of the Prophet
Muhammad, Allah bless and grant him peace. If you choose to wear a carnelian
('aqiq) ring, make the basis of that decision the aforementioned rigorously
authenticated (sahih) tradition related by Muslim and others, in which one sound
interpretation of an Abyssinian stone was carnelian. And Allah knows best and He
alone gives success (tawfiq).
1. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, Hawashi al-Sharwani Wa Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi 'Ala Tuhfah
al-Muhtaj Bisharh al-Minhaj (Beruit, Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi), 3:276.
2. Abdul-Hamid al-Sharwani, Hawashi al-Sharwani Wa Ibn Qasim al-Abbadi 'Ala
Tuhfah al-Muhtaj Bisharh al-Minhaj (Beruit, Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-'Arabi), 3:277.
3. Sahih Muslim hadith 2094.
4. Yahya Bin Sharaf al-Nawawi, Sahih Muslim Bisharh al-Imam Abi Zakariya Yahya
Bin Sharaf al-Nawawi (Beruit: Dar al-Fikr, 1995), 7:58-59.
5. Abdullah Bin Sa'eed Muhammad 'Abbadi al-Lahji, Kitab Muntaha al-Sul 'Ala
Wasa'il al-Wusul Ila Shama'il al-Rasul, 3d. ed. (Beruit: Dar al-Minhaj, 2003), 1:540.
6. ibid., 1:541.
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Pemakaian Cincin
JARI MANA DISYARIATKAN MEMAKAI CINCIN
Assalamu'alaikum.
Jawapan pada soalan tersebut adalah bertepatan dengan kandungan antara 13 Nasihat Nabi
Muhammad Saw. kepada Saidina Ali k.w. sesudah Saidina Ali berkahwin dengan Siti Fatimah
iaitu anakanda kesayangan Nabi Muhammad Saw. Nabi Saw. berpesan kepada Saidina Ali
iaitu kalau memakai cincin pakailah di jari
1] jari manis
2] jari kelingking (anak jari)
dan jangan memakai pada jari
1] jari tengah
2] jari telunjuk
Nabi Muhammad saw. melarang kerana memakai cincin pada jari telunjuk dan jari tengah
adalah meniru cara berhias kaum yang
dilaknat oleh Allah iaitu kaum yang derhaka di zaman Nabi Lut a.s. Perhatian : Cara memakai
cincin adalah termasuk lelaki ataupun perempuan.
Muslimin dan Muslimat, sila nasihatkan kawan-kawan dan juga saudara-mara ataupun anak-
anak tentang kaedah yang betul untuk berhias di dalam syariat Islam, kalau tidak sia-sia saja
kita mendapat laknat dari Allah Swt. Nabi saw.memakai cincin dan kalau kita memakai cincin
dengan niat mengikut sunnah Nabi saw. dapatlah kita pahala.
Wallahu a'lam Wassalam.
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