wearing anklets. Sayyidunā ‘Umar Fārūq-e-A’ẓam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ cut them off and said, ‘I heard the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم say that there is a devil with every anklet.’
(Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 4, pp. 124, Ḥadīš 4230)
Sayyidatunā Bunānaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا said that once she was with the mother of believers Sayyidatunā ‘Āishaĥ Ṣiddīqaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا when a girl came whilst wearing jingling anklets. She رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا said, ‘Do not bring her to me unless her anklets are broken. I heard the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم say that angels do not enter the home that has a jingling anklet in it.’
(Sunan Abī Dāwūd, vol. 4, pp. 125, Ḥadīš 4231)
The renowned commentator, Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat, Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَنَّان has stated: ‘اَجۡراس’ (Ajrās) is the plural of ‘جَرۡس’ (Jars) which means ‘a jingling anklet or anything which creates a similar sound’. It also refers to a bell around the neck of a camel and bells on the claws of an eagle. It was customary for Indian women to wear anklets. Explaining the words ‘until her anklets are broken’ he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه said: Breaking them in such a way that the sound-producing objects fitted inside the bell-shaped part of the anklet are taken out or the bell-shaped parts are removed or the anklet itself is broken, hence becoming inaudible. (Mirāt-ul-Manājīḥ, vol. 6, pp. 136)
Question: Is a woman not allowed to wear any jewellery which produces a sound?