Fitnah al-Maal: The Disease of Extravagance and Wasting (Part 33)

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In another way in which a person is tested in his wealth is testing the persons extravagance or degree of wasting. Extravagance is to spend more than one can afford on a commodity and wasting is spending more than its value. Through these, one can be disobeying Allaah via their wealth.

“ but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allah) likes not Al-Musrifun (those who waste by extravagance).” [al-‘Araaf 7:31]

And,

“But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift. Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayatin (devils), and the Shaitan is ever ungrateful to his Lord.” [al-Israa 17:26-27]