Spending legitimately earned income in these ways is natural...

Spending legitimately earned income in these ways is natural and lawful and is in fact considered to be worship and obedience: Or as the Holy Qur’an has said – It is the good of this world and the Hereafter. It is for this reason that wealth and property have been interpreted to be good and blessed in Allah’s Book. Earning and spending it is considered to be worship for the believers and a cause of great reward and infinite divine gifts.

It is interesting to hear the viewpoint of the Commander of the Faithful (Imam Ali) about wealth in the hands of irreligious, lustful people: Property is the material of lust, is subject to catastrophes, strengthens…