A widow wearing jewellery

Question

What is the ruling on a widow wearing glass bangles and bangles of silver and gold? Among us there is a custom that a widow may not wear glass bangles. Also, what is the ruling on women wearing jewellery made of things other than silver and gold?

Answer

After the ‘idda (waiting period), it is entirely permissible for a widow to wear jewellery, glass bangles and the like. Any jewellery in which there is no resemblance (tashabbuh) to unbelievers and the sinful (fasiqs) is permissible for women.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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