If a person acquires a ring for a need and engraves his name upon it, and his name contains one of the Names of Allah Most High, then there is no harm in leaving the ring on his hand when he enters the lavatory. However, the scholars said that he should close his hand over it and turn its stone toward the inside of his palm. As for the hadith, “When the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, entered the lavatory, he would remove his ring” (1), it is defective.

Seventh: What is the ruling on wearing a wedding ring after the engagement or the marriage contract, for men and women?

This custom is now found in some Muslim countries: the husband and wife bring two rings, with the husband’s name inscribed on the wife’s ring and the wife’s name inscribed on the husband’s ring. This practice entails a number of religious prohibitions:

First: It is accompanied by the belief that it is a means of creating affection between them. The scholars have stated that this is shirk, because it ascribes causal power to something that has not been established as a cause either by the Sacred Law or in reality. Moreover, this is also a tiwalah (love charm).

Second: Shaykh al-Albani mentioned that the origin of this practice is from the Christians: they go to their religious leader, who places his hand over the hand of the husband or wife and says, “In the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Spirit,” then passes his hand over