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Committing to a Loan/donation prior to acquiring wealth is from Extravagance: Giving a Loan without making a witness is from Extravagance: Moderation in Spending: The squanderer (wastefulness) and the Economiser: The esoteric meanings of squandering Extravagance from the Poor: To give out in Moderation (i.e., a handful and not two handfuls): The least from the Over-spending (Israf) and Moderation What is not from Israf: APPENDIX I:Esoteric Meanings of Israf: APPENDIX II: Extravagance in Charity from Harvest Israf (Extravagance) and its Limits Summary: Allah -azwj does not Like Israf (being extravagant) and ending up in wasteful activities, and has Revealed His -azwj Abhorrence in many Holy Verses ( 6:141, 7:31, 17:26, 20:127, 25:67, 39:53 ).

As we will learn from the cited Ahadith, Israf is not on spending’s on legitimate necessities but where its harmful either to the health or wealth of a person (i.e., smoking). Belittling the bounties Allah -azwj has Given through carelessly and disrespectfully discarding all that which can be useful is also from Israf, regardless of whether one is rich or poor. For example, if one drinks half of the water in a cup and throws away a portion of it on the ground.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Jamourany, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah -asws , ‘Can there happen to be ten shirts for the Believer’. He -asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Twenty?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Thirty?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes.