حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ , عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق , عَنْ
يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ , عَنْ
أَبِيهِ , عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ , قَالَتْ : أَهْدَى النَّجَاشِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَلْقَةً , فِيهَا خَاتَمُ ذَهَبٍ فِيهِ فَصٌّ حَبَشِيٌّ , فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِعُودٍ , وَإِنَّهُ لَمُعْرِضٌ عَنْهُ أَوْ بِبَعْضِ أَصَابِعِهِ , ثُمَّ دَعَا ابْنَةِ ابْنَتِهِ أُمَامَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ , فَقَالَ : " تَحَلِّي بِهَذَا يَا بُنَيَّةُ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Aishah the Mother of the Believers said:` “Najashi sent some jewelry as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Among that was a gold ring with an Ethiopian gemstone. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) picked it up with a stick – as if he found it distasteful – or with one of his fingers, then he called for his daughter, Umamah bint Abul-‘As, and said: ‘Wear this, O my daughter.’”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ It is prohibited for men to wear a gold ring.
➋ It is permissible for women to wear gold jewelry.
➌ Young girls may also wear jewelry.
➍ Hazrat Umamah radi Allahu anha was the granddaughter of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. Her mother, Hazrat Zaynab, was the beloved daughter of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 3644
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
If it were not permissible for women to wear gold, then the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would never have made his granddaughter Umamah wear it.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4235