[VitaliyMurnov]

Assalamu Alaikum Brothers & Sisters,


I was wondering since gold and silver jewelry is prohibited for Muslim men,Is it ok for Muslim men to wear Wooden Necklaces with a wooden pendant that says Allah on it? Or is that prohibited as well?

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Thanks

[WUlcN1Rz]

this is your first post in Sunniforum.

Better dont wear it, our character must reflect

[VitaliyMurnov]

So is it permissible to wear or no? Sorry I'm new.

[xjNo4zvD]

Asalaamu Alaikum,

On Scholar Search, I found -

Question:

What is the ruling on wearing necklaces as some men do?
Answer:

Wearing a necklace for adornment is unlawful because it is a practice that is specific to women. So men are imitating women when they wear a chain and the Prophet (sallAllaahu `alayhi wa sallam) cursed men who imitate women. It becomes an even greater sin and more unlawful if that chain is made from gold, because then it is unlawful in two ways. It becomes an even greater sin if the pendant is inscribed with a picture of a human, an animal, or a bird. Worse, much worse if it is inscribed with a cross or is in the shape of a cross. The last two cases — a picture of a human or an animal and in the shape of a cross — are unlawful for man and woman alike. And Allaah knows best.

Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-`Uthaymeen

http://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=261 Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, we would like to thank you for the great confidence you place in us, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake.

First of all, we'd like to state that it is not permissible for male Muslims to wear necklaces of any kind, because it involves imitating women, a thing which is totally prohibited and makes the person subject to Allah’s curse.

In response to your question, we’d like to cite for you the following words issued by the eminent Muslim scholar, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, in his well known book, the Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam:

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) declared that a woman should not wear a man's clothing or vice versa. He cursed men who imitate women and women who imitate men. (Reported by Al-Bukhari and others.) Aspects of such imitation include the manner of speaking, walking, dressing, moving and so on.

The evil of such conduct, which affects both the life of the individual and that of the society, is that it constitutes a rebellion against the natural ordering of things. According to this natural order, there are men and there are women, and each of the two sexes has its own distinctive characteristics. However, if men become effeminate and women masculinized, this natural order will be reversed and will disintegrate.

Among those who are cursed by Allah and His Angels, both in this world and in the Hereafter, the Prophet, peace and blessings be on him, has mentioned the man whom Allah has created as male but who becomes effeminate by imitating women, and a woman whom Allah has created as female but who becomes masculinized by imitating men.

For this reason the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade men from wearing clothes or things pertaining to women

In his Sahih Imam Muslim reports that Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me wearing two garments having bold designs, and he said, ‘This is what unbelievers wear. Do not wear such things.’”

Based on the above-mentioned, Muslim scholars have concluded that it is forbidden for male Muslims to wear any golden or silvery necklace, just as it is forbidden for them to imitate women. Apart from all that, male Muslims are allowed to wear anything as long as they keep away from extravagance and from imitating disbelievers.

Thus, it is not allowed for male Muslims to wear necklaces of any kind, because it involves imitating women, a thing which is totally prohibited and makes the person subject to Allah’s curse

http://onislam.net/english/ask-the-s...nt/174614.html Wooden or not, wearing a necklace is not allowed brother.

[Fiipolera]

But wouldn't this one be considered to be a sort of taweez?