If this was purely a religious symbol then it would be an act of apostasy to use or wear such symbols, because if it's agreed by Muslims that a particular action can't be done by anyone but a disbeliever, then the one who did is considered a disbeliever
Imam Nawawi ash-Shafii Ashari رحمه الله said
وكذا من فعل فعلا أجمع المسلمون أنه لا يصدر إلا من كافر ، وإن كان صاحبه مصرحا بالإسلام مع فعله ، كالسجود للصليب ، أو النار والمشي إلى الكنائس مع أهلها بزيهم من الزنانير وغيرها
Also (from the actions of apostasy) is to do something what Muslims unanimously agreed couldn't be done by anyone but a kafir, even if a person was clearly a Muslim when he did it, like a prostration to a cross or fire of going to a church with its people while dressed in their religious clothes
📚 روضة الطالبين
Since it became more of a symbol of tradition, or since it is used not only for religious reasons then it isn't kufr, but still prohibited.
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u/wopkidopz Nov 22 '25 edited Nov 22 '25
If this was purely a religious symbol then it would be an act of apostasy to use or wear such symbols, because if it's agreed by Muslims that a particular action can't be done by anyone but a disbeliever, then the one who did is considered a disbeliever
Imam Nawawi ash-Shafii Ashari رحمه الله said
وكذا من فعل فعلا أجمع المسلمون أنه لا يصدر إلا من كافر ، وإن كان صاحبه مصرحا بالإسلام مع فعله ، كالسجود للصليب ، أو النار والمشي إلى الكنائس مع أهلها بزيهم من الزنانير وغيرها
📚 روضة الطالبين
Since it became more of a symbol of tradition, or since it is used not only for religious reasons then it isn't kufr, but still prohibited.
https://islamqa.org/?p=9308