Jump to content

Wearing a ring

Add links
Priority: c, Quality: c
From wikishia
Furu' al-Din
Religious rulings
هیچ
Prayer
Other Worships
Rullings of Tahara
Civil Law
Family Law
Criminal Law
Economic Laws
Contracts
Prohibitions
Related Laws
Other Laws


Wearing a ring or Takhattum (Arabic: تَخَتُّم) is one of the practices of the Prophet (s) and is regarded in numerous hadiths as a sign of a believer.

Wearing a ring is subject to specific rulings in Shi'a jurisprudence. For example, wearing an agate ring, especially during prayer, is recommended. By contrast, wearing a gold ring is forbidden for men and invalidates their prayer if worn during prayer. Wearing a ring inscribed with the name of God or Qur'anic verses is considered reprehensible in certain circumstances, including during istinja (cleansing after excretion) and sexual intercourse. For a muhrim (a person in the state of ihram), wearing a ring for adornment is forbidden.

Muhammad Taqi Bahjat, a Shi'a marja', praying while wearing a ring

Status and Importance

Wearing a ring is one of the practices of Prophet Muhammad (s) and is regarded in narrations as a sign of both a believer[1] and a Shi'a.[2] The book Wasa'il al-Shi'a compiles more than eighty narrations on the merits and etiquettes of wearing a ring.[3]

The practice is also emphasized in ethical works such as Hilyat al-muttaqin, while its jurisprudential rulings are discussed in works of Islamic jurisprudence.[4]

Jurisprudential Rulings

Tahara: Wearing a ring inscribed with the name of God, Qur'anic verses,[5] or the names of the Fourteen Infallibles[6] is considered reprehensible during istinja. If this causes any of these names to become najis, the act is forbidden.[7] During wudu, it is recommended to move the ring so that water reaches the skin underneath it. If water cannot reach the skin beneath the ring, the ring must be removed.[8]

Prayer: Wearing an agate ring during prayer is recommended.[9] Wearing a gold ring is forbidden for men, whether during prayer or otherwise,[10] and wearing one during prayer invalidates the prayer.[11] Wearing rings made of iron[12], brass, or steel[13] is also considered reprehensible. According to some jurists, praying while wearing a usurped (ghasbi) ring also invalidates the prayer.[14]

Hajj: Wearing a yellow agate ring is considered one of the recommended practices during the Hajj pilgrimage.[15] According to the fatwa of Ayatollah al-Khoei, a muhrim is forbidden to wear a ring for adornment.[16] According to Imam Khomeini, as an obligatory precaution, Hajj performed while wearing a najis ring is invalid.[17]

Marriage: According to al-Muhaddith al-Bahrani, sexual intercourse while wearing a ring inscribed with the name of God or Qur'anic verses is considered reprehensible.[18]

Monographs

Independent works have been written about wearing a ring:

  • Risalat istihbab al-takhattum bi-l-yamin by Muhammad Baqir Khuzani (d. 1160/1747).[19]
  • Fadilat-i angushtar bi-dast kardan by Muḥammad Husayn Khushdil, Manaqib Publications, 2019.
  • Al-Ahjar al-karima, al-takhattum, al-khawas, al-nuqush by Muhsin 'Aqil, Dhawi l-Qurba Publications, 2005.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kulaynī, Al-Kāfī, vol. 6, p. 468.
  2. ↑ Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Hidāyat al-umma, vol. 2, p. 137; Majlisī, Ḥilyat al-muttaqīn, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa, vol. 5, pp. 76–99.
  4. ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī, al-ʿUrwat al-wuthqā, vol. 2, p. 361; Baḥrānī, al-Ḥadāʾiq al-nāḍira, vol. 2, p. 76; Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 8, p. 264.
  5. ↑ Baḥrānī, al-Ḥadāʾiq al-nāḍira, vol. 2, p. 76.
  6. ↑ Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 2, p. 72.
  7. ↑ Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 2, p. 72.
  8. ↑ Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 2, p. 287.
  9. ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī, Al-ʿUrwat al-wuthqā, vol. 2, p. 361.
  10. ↑ See: Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 41, p. 54.
  11. ↑ ʿĀmilī, Miftāḥ al-karāma, vol. 5, p. 444.
  12. ↑ Najafī, Jawāhir al-kalām, vol. 8, p. 264.
  13. ↑ Majlisī, Ḥilyat al-muttaqīn, p. 38.
  14. ↑ ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī, Taḥrīr al-aḥkām, vol. 1, p. 196.
  15. ↑ Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī, Al-ʿUrwat al-wuthqā, vol. 4, p. 331.
  16. ↑ Khūʾī, Mawsūʿat al-Imām al-Khūʾī, vol. 28, p. 452.
  17. ↑ Khumaynī, Taḥrīr al-wasīla, vol. 1, pp. 429–430.
  18. ↑ Baḥrānī, al-Ḥadāʾiq al-nāḍira, vol. 23, p. 138.
  19. ↑ Khūzānī, Risālat istiḥbāb al-takhattum bi-l-yamīn, p. 349.

References

  • ʿAllāma al-Ḥillī, al-Ḥasan b. Yūsuf al-. Taḥrīr al-aḥkām al-sharʿiyya ʿalā madhhab al-Imāmiyya. Qom, Muʾassasat al-Imām al-Ṣādiq (a), 1420 AH.
  • ʿĀmilī, Sayyid Jawād b. Muḥammad al-. Miftāḥ al-karāma fī sharḥ qawāʿid al-ʿallāma. Qom, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1419 AH.
  • Baḥrānī, Yūsuf b. Aḥmad al-. Al-Ḥadāʾiq al-nāḍira fī aḥkām al-ʿitra al-ṭāhira. Qom, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1405 AH.
  • Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Hidāyat al-umma ilā aḥkām al-aʾimma: muntakhab al-masāʾil. Mashhad, Majmaʿ al-buḥūth al-Islāmiyya, 1412 AH.
  • Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī, Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-. Wasāʾil al-Shīʿa. Qom, Muʾassasat Āl al-Bayt (a), 1409 AH.
  • Khumaynī, Sayyid Rūḥ Allāh. Taḥrīr al-wasīla. Qom, Muʾassasa-yi Maṭbūʿāt-i Dār al-ʿIlm, 1st ed., n.d.
  • Khūʾī, Sayyid Abū l-Qāsim al-. Mawsūʿat al-Imām al-Khūʾī. Qom, Muʾassasat Iḥyāʾ Āthār al-Imām al-Khūʾī, 1418 AH.
  • Khūzānī, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm. Risālat istiḥbāb al-takhattum bi-l-yamīn. Isfahan, Intishārāt-i Markaz-i Taḥqīqāt-i Rāyāna-ī-yi Ḥawza-yi ʿIlmiyya-yi Iṣfahān, 1429 AH.
  • Kulaynī, Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-. Al-Kāfī. Tehran, Dār al-Kutub al-Islāmiyya, 1407 AH.
  • Majlisī, Muḥammad Bāqir al-. Ḥilyat al-muttaqīn. Qom, Intishārāt-i Masjid-i Muqaddas-i Jamkarān, 1388 Sh.
  • Najafī, Muḥammad Ḥasan al-. Jawāhir al-kalām fī sharḥ sharāʾiʿ al-Islām. Edited by ʿAbbās Qūchānī & ʿAlī Ākhūndī. Beirut, Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, 7th ed., 1404 AH.
  • Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad b. Makkī al-. Dhikrā al-Shīʿa fī aḥkām al-sharīʿa. Qom, Muʾassasat Āl al-Bayt (a), 1419 AH.
  • Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī, Sayyid Muḥammad Kāẓim al-. Al-ʿUrwat al-wuthqā fī-mā taʿummu bihi al-balwā (Annotated). Qom, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1419 AH.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikishia.net/w/index.php?title=Wearing_a_ring&oldid=211963"