Is it Permissible to Wear a Watch with a Gold Dial, Hour Marker, and Hands Just like a Gold Bezel?
Hanafi Fiqh
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
I’ve read the answer about wearing a watch with a gold bezel. Does the same ruling apply to watch dials, hour markers, or the hands of the watch? Do these count as essential to the watch and are therefore not allowed if made of gold or silver?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
It will be permissible to wear a watch with dials, hands, and hour markers made of gold.
The reason is the same as a gold bezel. These components do not come into direct contact with the skin. When one wears a watch it is the case and strap that holds onto the skin directly. The above are inner components. (Nahlawi, Al-Durar al-Mubaha, Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al Muhtar).
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
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Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
