[Q 429] Wearing the Seal of Solomon Ring, Ruling on Multi-Gemstone Rings, Is the Seal Ring Permissible?

QUESTION:

mufti sahb is wearing this type of ring permissible it is called a seal of Solomon ring?

ANSWER:

According to the picture in question, wearing such a ring is impermissible in Sharī‘ah, because a Shar‘ī condition for a man’s ring is that it must have only one gemstone. This ring, however, has multiple stones embedded in it. Additionally, if the ring weighs more than approximately 4.37 grams (and it appears so), then this too makes the ring impermissible due to another Shar‘ī violation.

Note: A ring with a gemstone inscribed with sacred names, such as the name of Allah Almighty or the names of the Anbiya (Prophets) and Malā’ikah (angels) عليهم الصلاة والثناء, is permissible to wear. However, this ruling of permissibility is conditional: the ring must be made of silver, it must weigh less than 4.37 grams, it must not be without a gemstone, and it should have only one gemstone. Furthermore, it is impermissible and Makrūh (disliked) to wear such a ring while entering the toilet. The Shar‘ī ruling is that if someone is wearing such a ring and needs to go to the toilet, they should remove it and place it safely outside, or—if loss is feared—keep it securely in their pocket.

It is narrated from Ḥaḍrat ‘Abdullāh bin Buraydah رضي الله تعالى عنه that a man asked the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم about a permissible type of ring, as mentioned in the ḥadīth:

“قال: من أي شيء أتخذه؟ قال: من ورق ولا تتمه مثقالا”
He asked: “O Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم! From what material should I make my ring?”
He replied: “Make it from silver, and do not let it weigh a full mithqāl (i.e., it should be less than 4.37 grams).”

(Jāmi‘ al-Tirmidhī, Abwāb al-Libās, vol. 1, p. 441, printed in Lahore)

In al-Durr al-Mukhtār, it is written:

“ولا يتحلى الرجل بذهب وفضة مطلقاً إلا بخاتم۔۔۔ولا يتختم إلا بالفضة”
A man is not permitted to wear adornments of gold or silver except a ring… and even then, only a silver ring is allowed.

(al-Durr al-Mukhtār, vol. 9, p. 594, printed in Quetta)

A‘lā Ḥaḍrat Imām Ahl al-Sunnah Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān رحمه الله states in Fatāwā Riḍawiyyah regarding the Shar‘ī defects found in some rings:

“Whether worn on the hand or foot, rings of copper, gold, silver, brass, or iron, or earrings in the ear, whether made of gold, copper, or brass, or even a silver ring over 4.37 grams, or with multiple stones, or several rings— even if together they weigh only 1 māsha (0.97g)— all these are ḥarām (prohibited) and impermissible for men, and performing Ṣalāh (prayer) while wearing them is Makrūh Taḥrīmī (prohibitively disliked).”

(Fatāwā Riḍawiyyah, vol. 7, p. 307, Riḍā Foundation, Lahore)

Ṣadr al-Sharī‘ah, Badr al-Ṭarīqah, Mufti Amjad ‘Alī A‘ẓamī رحمه الله writes:

“One may have one’s own name engraved on a ring, or the blessed names of Allah Almighty and the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. However, one must not engrave the phrase ‘Muḥammad Rasūl Allāh’, because this exact phrase, in three lines—Muḥammad, then Rasūl, then the name of Allah—was inscribed on the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم own ring, and he instructed that no one else should have this same inscription. Furthermore, no image of a human or animal should be engraved on the gemstone.”

(Baḥār-e-Sharī‘at, vol. 3, p. 427, Maktabat al-Madīnah, Karachi)

Regarding rings with sacred inscriptions and the etiquette of removing them before entering the toilet, ‘Allāmah Shaykh Ibrāhīm Ḥalabī رحمه الله writes in Ghuniyyat al-Mutamallī Sharḥ Munyat al-Muṣallī:

“يكره دخول المخرج في إصبعه خاتم فيه شيء من القرآن أو من أسمائه تعالى، لما فيه من ترك التعظيم، وقيل لا يكره إن جعل فصه إلى باطن الكف، ولو كان ما فيه شيء من القرآن أو من أسمائه تعالى في جيبه لا بأس به، وكذا لو كان ملفوفا في شيء، والتحرز أولى”

(Ghuniyyat al-Mutamallī Sharḥ Munyat al-Muṣallī, p. 53, printed in Quetta)

Answered by: Qazi Muteeb Attari (AskMufti Scholar)
Translated answer
Date: 27th July 2025