Using a watch chain

Question

Some watch chains are made of iron, others of brass and the like, and what we call steel is also a kind of iron. Is it permissible to use such a chain or not? And is it permissible or not to use a watch or a chain that has been gold-plated (coated with “gold water”) in this way? If it is permissible, then a hadith has come censuring a ring of iron, tin, brass and the like — what will be the answer to that?

Answer

[ar]وَلَا يَتَحَلَّى الرَّجُلُ بِذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ مُطْلَقًا إِلَّا بِخَاتَمٍ وَمِنْطَقَةٍ وَحِيلَةِ سَيْفٍ مِنْهَا، وَلَا يَتَخَتَّمُ بِغَيْرِهَا وَذَهَبٍ وَحَدِيدٍ وَصُفْرٍ وَرَصَاصٍ وَزُجَاجٍ وَغَيْرِهَا[/ar] “A man does not adorn himself with gold or silver at all, except for a ring, a belt and the ornament of a sword made of silver; and he does not wear a ring of anything…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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