________________________________________________________________________ | w w w |\ | || || | || |\ | o_,_7 _|| . _o_7 _|| 4_|_|| o_w_, |\ | ( : / (_) / ( . |\ | |\ | || || | || |T | | || | |\ | . _, _8 |_D_|| . _,_,_,_D_|| 4_|| q ]_o_7_o _|_c 4_|_|| _|,_p q |\ | (_): / (_): . : / (_S (_S / |\ | |\ | In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the All-Merciful |\ | Greeting of Allah be upon Muhammad and the pure members of his House |\ |_______________________________________________________________________|\ Assalamu 'alaykum The following question was answered by Dr Takim Salaams & Duas Ummulbanin Merali - Moderator - 'Aalim Network **************************************************************************** *** QUESTION: I thought gold was not allowed to be worn by male was due to the metal composition in Gold. If a person has a white gold ring, i.e. Northern American gold rings are usually 10-15% gold and from the looks of the ring, it looks more like a silver then gold ring, I this permissible to be worn during salaat by a male? ANSWER: If it is gilded with plate or it is coated in such a way that the urf (local custom) do not consider it as pure gold then one is allowed to wear it even in prayer Iltimase du'a Liyakatali Takim