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​​​​​Cremating any human body is absolutely forbidden in Islam, and the will to be cremated is invalid , because human being is honoured in Quran ( We have honoured the children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and granted them from good things, and preferred them above many of our creatures a marked preferment.( Sura 17, Verse 70).

It is also not allowed to use the ashes in making memorial jewelleries or any thing else. It must be buried only.

Wassalam.

Yes, it is allowed to wear wedding ring, but female is not allowed to expose it in front of non Mahram men if it is nice looking ornament. Men are not allowed to wear golden rings at all.

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However, men should not wear gold rings. 

Yes it is permissible to wear rings on the left hand. Although, there are several reports which favour wearing of rings on right hands, we also have reports that some of the Imams (the frst three Imams) used to wear rings on their left hands. What is not permissible, according to some reports, is wearing rings on the middle finger. God knows the best.

Reference: Shaykh Tabrasiy, Makarimul Akhlaq, chapter titled "fi kayfiyyatut takhattum.", Tehran, 1972. Hasnain Kassamali Humble servant of the Ahlul Bayt (a).