Most of the plates in the market are not made of gold except those that are expensive. Therefore, if these utensils are expensive, you should take them to a goldsmith or a jewelry shop and they can advise you. If they say that there is gold or silver in it, you shouldn’t use them. You can either put them as decoration or you can sell the gold and silver in them and not the plates. This is so that people would not use it to eat in.

And Allah knows best

My question is about cups with gold and silver color decoration and patterns, I don’t know if it is real gold/silver or just color. Is it permissible to keep them? How about glasses which are gold plated?Which is the best way to get rid of them? When my parents purchased them they didn’t know about the interdiction of eating out of gold made plates, are they sinful?

Sins | March 18, 2014 10:37 am
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I have on many occasions tried to change myself to be a better Muslim but reverted back to my bad ways, I sometimes miss prayers, and I don’t feel bad about it because I find them a burden. I feel ashamed about certain things in the religion like keeping a long beard, I also find some matters in the religion difficult to come to terms with, consequence of growing in a non Muslim country, I get a lot of doubts and this really scares me because i fear i will die in a state of kufr and I don’t feel remorse for my sins. However on this occasion I have been steadfast for a longer period, the one thing I’m doing different is reading the Quran daily and I remember Allah frequently. There is something missing but not quite sure what it is, there is more I could add but believe you will get the picture. What should I do?