“Allah has permitted trade” [al-Baqarah 2:275], and His saying, Exalted is He: “And lawful to you are all beyond these” [al-Nisa’ 4:24].

His statement: “A silver ring is permissible for a male.”

By this, the author means to clarify which items of silver are permissible. As for the ruling on wearing it, that will be explained later.

His statement, “for a male,” includes both minors and adults. Does the definite article in his statement, “the ring,” denote the genus—thereby including one ring, two rings, or three, four, or five—or does it denote a single unit?

What appears to be intended is the latter: a person is permitted to have one ring. This is the apparent meaning of the author’s words, may Allah have mercy on him.

His statement: “A silver ring is permissible for a male.”

“The ring” is the passive subject. That is, Allah has made it permissible. It should be understood that when the agent is omitted in matters of legislation or creation, it is omitted because it is already known: for the Creator and Lawgiver is Allah.

His statement, “A silver ring is permissible for a male,” is based on the fact that the Prophet ﷺ “had a ring made of wariq” (1), meaning silver. It is well known that we have an excellent example in the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. No one may claim that this was exclusive to him, for the basic principle is that rulings are not exclusive to him. Whoever claims exclusivity regarding something the Messenger ﷺ did must provide evidence.