What is the ruling on buying a gold ring for the bride and a silver ring for the groom if there is no belief that it necessitates attachment, knowing that Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen prohibited it in the event of such a belief?

Wearing the "wedding ring" at engagement or marriage is an ancient custom of Christian origin, which has spread among Muslims. It is often accompanied by corrupt beliefs, such as the belief that it brings love and binds the spouses, and ill omens if removed. Sheikh Atiyyah Saqr, may Allah have mercy on him, pointed out that its origin may go back to the Pharaohs and Greeks, and that the custom of wearing it on the left ring finger is taken from the Greek belief that the vein of the heart passes through this finger.

If the wearer does not hold these corrupt beliefs about it and does not consider it a bad omen to remove it, then what appears is that wearing it is permissible with some dislike, and its widespread use among Muslims has taken it out of the forbidden category of imitating disbelievers.

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on him, was of the view that the wedding ring is taken from Christians, and abandoning it is preferable to avoid imitating them. If one believes that it is a connecting cause between the spouses, then that is a form of shirk (polytheism). Therefore, he considers abandoning it better. It is not permissible for a suitor to put it on his fiancée because he is a stranger to her. It is advised not to wear it and to suffice with wearing a normal ring.