Answered by Shaykh Hamza Karamali, SunniPath Academy Teacher
Wa alaykum assalam wa Rahmatullah,
It is sunna for men to wear a silver ring on the little finger of either their right or left hands. To wear it on any other finger (including the index finger) is disliked (makruh), but not forbidden (haram).
There is a weak position in the Shafi'i school that holds that it is forbidden to wear a ring on any finger other than the little finger, but the strongest position is that it is disliked and not forbidden.
(I'anat al-Talibin, 2.155)
I am not aware what other schools say about this issue.
And Allah knows best.
Hamza.
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