Islam not only permits beautification & elegance but requires it. It encourages people to appear neat & well adorn. However, it has prohibited 2 kinds of adornment for men, while
permitting them to women. These are, gold ornaments & clothing made of pure silk. Hazrat Ali reported that the Prophet (pbuh) took some silk in his right hand and some gold in his left, declaring, these two are HARAM for the males among my followers. The Prophet (pbuh) however, permitted men to wear silver rings.As for other metals such as iron, there are no sound texts prohibiting them.
There are wisdom behind these two prohibitions concerning men. By means of these two prohibitions, Islam's aim is to achieve certain noble educational and moral objectives.
Since it is the religion of strength & jihad (plz plz note that jihad doesn't mean "holy war" it means striving, struggling etc), Islam must safeguard the manly qualities of men from any show of weakness, passivity,and lethargy. Allah has made the physique of the man different from that of the woman, and it does not suit a man to wear clothes made of fine material or to adorn his body with costly ornaments.
There is also a social aim underlying these prohibitions. The
prohibition of gold and silk to males is part of a broader Islamic program of combating luxuriousness in living. From the Quranic point of view,
luxurious living leads to weakness among nations and to their eventual downfall; the existence of luxury is also an expression of social injustice,as only a few can afford luxurious items at the expense of the deprived masses of people.In addition to this, luxurious living is an enemy of every call towards truth, justice, and social reform.In keeping with the spirit of the Qur an, the Prophet (pbuh)forbade Muslims any indulgence in conspicuous consumption. He not only forbade the use of gold and silk to men but also forbade men and women alike the use of gold utensils.
Finally, economic considerations also carry some weight here. Since gold is a universal medium of exchange, using it to make household utensils or
ornaments for men does not make sense in economic terms.
So, guyss no more ear piercing !
Woman has been exempted from this prohibition out of consideration for her feminine nature, as the love of jewelry and ornaments is quite natural
BUT she is not to use her adornments to attract men .
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