Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 34 The Thirty-Second Greater Sin: Isrāf Spending on HarÄm things is IsrÄf
Spending on HarÄm things is IsrÄf
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Spending on HarÄm things is IsrÄf
The third type of extravagance or wastage is spending on things and vices that are HarÄm according of Shariah. Like purchasing wine or purchasing items used in gambling; paying to singers or prostitutes, bribing government officials, spending money to obtain unlawful gains or usurping someone else’s property by force, paying for oppressing a Muslim. All these ways of spending are IsrÄf. One who indulges in these activities commits two wrongs; one is the action itself and secondly he is also guilty of IsrÄf.
TafsÄ«r of Ayyashi records a tradition through Abdul RahmÄn bin Hajjaj who asked Imam (a.s.) the meaning of ayat,
“And do not squander wastefully.”
Imam (a.s.) said,
“If one spends in any other way than what Allah has ordered, it is squandering and if one spends in the way of Allah, it is moderation.”
