Entering the Toilet Wearing a Ring Inscribed with Ayat al-Kursi

I wear a silver ring that has ayat al-kursi inscribed on it. Do I have to take it off before entering the toilet?

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate

It is not obligatory to remove the ring before entering the toilet but it is sunna to do so.  [Removing the ring is not obligatory] because bringing a copy of the Qur'an, something on which Allah's name has been written, or something on which a venerated name has been written into the toilet is disliked, not forbidden.  If one does enter [the toilet] with such [a ring], it is recommended for him to conceal it by, for example, putting the place of inscription on the ring to the inside of the palm and then closing one's hand over it.

 

Amjad Rasheed
Amman, Jordan

(Shaykh Amjad Rasheed has spent several years studying Shafi'i fiqh in Jordan, Syria, and Hadramawt.  He currently lives and teaches in Amman.)

 

السؤال: رجل يلبس خاتم من فضة نقش عليه آية الكرسي ، هل يلزمه أن ينزعه قبل دخول الحمام لقضآء الحاجة192.168.1.201

جواب:لا يجب نزعُ هذا الخاتم قبل دخول مكان قضاء الحاجة بل ذلك مسنون ؛ إذ إدخالُ المصحف وما كُتِب عليه ذكرُ الله أو اسمٌ معظمٌ إلى بيت الخلاء مكروه وليس بحرام . وإذا دخل الشخص بذلك سُنَّ له سترُه كأن يجعل محلَّ الكتابة في الخاتم إلى باطن كفه ويقبض عليه .