Is Wearing The Cross For Fashion Haram?
I understand the concern about avoiding shirk and polytheism. My question is: what is the exact criterion that makes a symbol impermissible? Is it the object itself, or the belief, intention, and act of worship attached to it?Slaughtering at an altar is an act of worship; it is a devotional religious action. Wearing an ornament, however, is not worship—it is appearance, not devotion.I fully understand that Islam is extremely strict regarding acts of worship, but does it also prohibit neutral things merely because they were once used religiously by others? If a symbol is worn purely for fashion, without belief, ritual, or religious promotion, how does it practically fall under the same ruling as a ritual act of worship?