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Moderation in Eating, Drinking and Expense |
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Eat and drink, not in excess but in moderation and do not
waste [7:31]
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Do
not spend unnecessarily, nor devour, eat away or waste away
Allah's bounties. Allah does not approve of the extravagant
or the wasteful [6:141]
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[Surely those will attain a good recompense] who , when they
spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a
medium way between these two extremes [25:67]
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Do
not be extravagant in dissipating or squandering wealth or
property in a way that is not right or on objects that are
vain [17:26]
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Verily, the extravagant are the brethren of SHAYATEEN
and SHAYTAN is very ungrateful and unappreciative of
his Lord [spending not his resources where they ought to be
spent and squandering them on the wrong objects] [17:27]
{Israaf is spending more than one ought to
spend. Tabzeer is to spend on objects where
one ought not to spend
Israaf is from the root s-r-f which leads to
the following meanings:
-To be ignorant, unmindful, heedless, negligent,
unacquainted, or mistaken in heart or mind
-To eat away, waste away, or devour
-To exceed or transgress the just or right bound or limit or
measure
-To act extravagantly, exorbitantly, immoderately
-To go waste because of overflowing [e.g. of water in a
container]
Israaf is opposite of Qassdun, which
(i.e. Qassadun) has the following meanings:
-To follow the right, middle and most just way in an affair
and do not exceed the due bounds therein
-To act in a moderate manner, in a manner that is between
prodigality and parsimoniousness, in an affair
-To act in a manner that is contrary to extravagance
-To keep within the due bounds and content with a middle
course
Tabzeer is from the root b-z-r, which leads to
the following meanings:
-To scatter, disperse, dissipate
-To be extravagant in expenditure
-To dissipate, squander [wealth or property] by extravagant
expenditure and destroy, consume, waste or ruin in a way
that is nor right or that does not behove]
12/11/2004 |