Wearing a Necklace of Black Beads by a Married Woman

Question

Here married women consider it necessary to wear around the neck an ornament of black beads: some string the black beads on a thread, others have them set in gold wire; in any case, it is regarded as necessary for a married woman whose husband is alive. What is the ruling of the Sacred Law on this?

Answer

Wearing a necklace of black beads is not obligatory for a married woman according to the Sacred Law; this obligation is unnecessary and should be abandoned. Note of the edition: the noble fuqaha have written of the prohibition of ornaments for a widow, but they have not mentioned any obligation of ornaments for a married woman, and in particular any obligation of a necklace of…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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