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Summary of Question: | Wearing Earring Without A Piercing |
Category: | Sikh Practices |
Date Posted: | Wednesday, 3/15/2000 2:25 PM MDT |
i'm a sikh from holland, so my english isn't very well.
My question is if sikhs are permitted to wear earrings, without a piercing ( someone with a magnet )
Because all the time i heard that it isn't allowed because we sikh's are not alloweded to have a piercing. Please do not thing i'm trying to look for a solution to wear earrings. it's just a ordinary question of me.
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Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!
Dear One:
Since wearing magnet or clip earrings does not substantially alter the body the way piercing does, it should be OK to wear them. Piercing alters the body that God gave us, as does tattoo-ing, cutting or dyeing hair, etc. Clip or magnet earrings are mere adornments that do not alter the body itself. What Sikhi teaches us is to not alter the body we have been given (except in case of medical necessity).
Guru rakha,
-DKK