{"id":6264,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/stone-rings\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:26:59","slug":"stone-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/stone-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I want to know if it is allowable for a man to use stones in their ring?I  have been facing issues in my life and I saw an ad that tells that my  birth stone may help. But I just want to make sure that I am not doing  something which is prohobited in Islam?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>If  it is proven scientifically that a stone can help cure some physical or  similar problem, there is no harm in using it. 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