Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 34 The Thirty-Second Greater Sin: Isrāf The meaning of extravagance and its types
The meaning of extravagance and its types
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The meaning of extravagance and its types
Extravagance means crossing the limits or spending wastefully. It depends upon circumstances. For example, spending on something useless is HarÄm, even if it is only a single dirham. Spending unduly even for a proper ocassion is extravagance. If a dress of one hundred rupees is good enough one should not purchase a dress costing five hundred. According to certain scholars spending at the wrong place is squandering and spending more than necessary is extravagance.
Hazrat ‘Ali (a.s.) says,
“The extravagant have Three qualities; he eats more than required, he wears more than is suitable for him and buys things needlessly.”
(BihÄr al-AnwÄr)
Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) says:
“If you wear a formal dress where it is not required, it is extravagance.”
(Mustadrak ul-Wasa’il)
