and the second is that if you do break the oath no expiation is due.

With regard to the seven practices the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, prohibited in the ḥadīth of al-Barāʾ, one of them is wearing a gold ring. This ban concerns men in particular. A man is not allowed to wear gold at all: not a ring, a bracelet, an earring, nor any ornament of gold on his head. Every form of gold is unlawful for men, for when the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, once saw a man wearing a gold ring he said, “Would one of you deliberately take a live coal from the Fire and place it on his finger—or in his hand?” He then removed the ring and cast it aside. After the Messenger of Allah departed, the people said to the man, “Pick up your ring and benefit from it.” He replied, “By Allah, I will never take back a ring the Messenger of Allah has thrown away.” The Prophet also said in the ḥadīth related by ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, “These two are forbidden to the males of my community but lawful for its females.”

As for women, there is no harm in their wearing gold rings. They may adorn themselves with rings, bangles, and any other gold ornaments they wish, unless it reaches the point of extravagance, for extravagance is unlawful. Allah the Exalted says, “Do not be extravagant; indeed, He does not love the extravagant” (al-Aʿrāf 7:31).

Some scholars have even reported a consensus among the learned that it is permissible for a woman to wear