Is it permissible for a woman to display the gold she adorns herself with, given the Hadith: "O company of women, do you not have in silver what you can adorn yourselves with? Indeed, there is no woman among you who adorns herself with gold and displays it but that she will be punished for it"?
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The mentioned in the question was narrated by Al-Nasa'i and Abu Dawud. The majority of scholars say it is abrogated, and some have even claimed a consensus on this, including Al-Nawawi and Ibn Abd al-Barr. The hadith is understood to prohibit adorning oneself with gold and displaying it. This is evidence that a woman is forbidden from displaying her adornments to anyone other than her husband and maharim (unmarriageable kin), which aligns with the Almighty's saying: "And not display their adornment except that which is apparent thereof."
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