This is not from the extravagance if you make a dress to fend off humiliation’.
This is not from the extravagance if you make a dress to fend off humiliation’. [1] Spending on perfumes or buying extra garments with the intention of wearing in turns to save one from humiliation are not considered from Israf, as per Ahadith: e.g., عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَكاً يَكْتُبُ سَرَفَ الْوَضُوءِ كَمَا يَكْتُبُ عُدْوَانَهُ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from someone else, from Sahl Bin Ziiyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Hammad Bin isa, from Hareyz, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘For Allah -azwj there is an Angel who records the extravagance in the Ablution (Wudhu) just as he records his (other) transgressions’ (i.e., water tap is running).
[2] If one over-commits to permissible spending’s, that also comes under Israf, e.g., عن أبي بصير، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قوله وَ لا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيراً، قال: «بذل الرجل ماله، و يقعد ليس له مال». قال: فيكون تبذير في حلال؟ قال: «نعم». From Abu Baseer who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws regarding His -azwj Words: and do not squander wastefully [17:26] . He -asws said: ‘The man spends his wealth, and sits back with there being no wealth left for him’.
He (the narrator) said, ‘So can the squandering happen to be in Permissible (ways of spending)?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes’’ . [3] One who is not careful from where he earns from would be seen in spending extravagantly, e.g., Amir ul-Momineen Ali -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws said in a sermon: And the one who acquires wealth from where he has no right to do so will spend it extravagantly in other that the right way , (An extract).
[4] Besides the punishment in the Hereafter, one would suffer from the habit of Israf in one’s lifetime, e.g., عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ الْقَصْدُ مَثْرَاةٌ وَ السَّرَفُ مَتْوَاةٌ . Ali Bin Muhammad, raising it, said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘ The moderation (leads to) prosperity, and the extravagance (leads to) ruination ’.