666. Is It Okay For Women To Wear Jewelry With The Name Of Allaah, Aayatul Kursi, Or Other Dhikr On It?

 By Asma bint Shameem 

It’s not right to wear any jewelry that has Allaah’s Name or Aayaat from the Qur’aan etc on it, out of RESPECT for Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala. 

Just like *SAYING* Allaah’s Name while in the bathroom is considered *DISRESPECTFUL* and wrong, similarly wearing jewelry with His Name on it or His Aayaat on it is ALSO considered disrespectful and wrong. 

Besides, just HANGING the Name of Allaah around our neck as a necklace or wearing a bracelet with His Name on it, does not serve any purpose. 

And actually it might lead the person wearing it, to attach some kind of ‘importance’ or ‘special virtue’ to the Aayaat or the Name.

And so they may think that this jewelry is a form of “protection” from harm or a source of Barakah, etc. 

And that is FORBIDDEN and is a kind of SHIRK. 

It does NOT ‘protect’ us in any way NOR does it bring any ‘Barakah’. 

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:

‘Whoever wears an amulet has committed shirk.”  

(Ahmad- saheeh by al-Albaani)

 The  scholars of the Standing Committee said regarding this issue:

“Since this jewelry has the name of Allaah written on it and is intended for Muslim women to wear around their necks, as Christian women wear a cross and Jewish women wear a star of David, and since things on which the name of Allaah is written may be worn to ward off harm or bring benefits, or for other purposes, and wearing it may expose it to disrespect such as if a person sleeps in it and rolls on top of it, or wears it in places where it is makrooh to take anything in which is written the words of Allaah or the name of Allaah, the committee thinks that it is NOT permissible to use this jewelry on which the name of Allaah is written, so as to avoid imitation of the Christians and Jews whom the Muslims are forbidden to imitate, and so as to block the means that may lead to evil, and so as to protect the name of Allaah from disrespect, and because of the general meaning of the prohibition on wearing amulets.”

[Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah (13/473)]

And Allaah knows best