It measures everything and places it in its correct place...

It measures everything and places it in its correct place, demanding that moderation should be practiced in everything in such a manner that it is right to say that Islam's way is that of "moderation and uprightness . Many Qur'anic Verses and Prophetic Traditions confirm this vital important principle .the principle of moderation which protects man against extravagance and gluttony. The extravagances affect all human behaviour. materially and spiritually.

They affect morals, causing the degradation of the nations conducts ;they affect economy, disbalancing its role in the societies and they affect health, causing the physical energies to decline. So, in order to protect the society against this grave psychological plague, Islam laid its firm foundation to enact a serious moral law, the law of moderation and the giving up of gluttony and extravagance.

Therefore, Islam's fight against extravagance is a psychological and moral one, at its start, so as to show their effects later on in the human conduct. Islam wants to cultivate the habit of moderation and morality in the Muslim to enable him to correctly deal with different vital subjects later on in life. A Tradition says that the Messenger of Allah (S.A.) saw Jabir ibn Abdullah Al - Ansari using too much water for performing ablution. He said to him: "0 Jabir!

do not use water excessively.: Jabir asked him: "Can there be any excess in using water, 0 Messenger of Allah? "Oh yes , replied the Prophet, "even if you were at a riverside!" Carefully contemplating this noble narrative, one is apt to realize that, by this prohibition, the Prophet's aim is the psychological and moral education ,based on moderate spending.

That is why the Prophet (S.A.) told him: "Oh yes, even If you were at a riverside!" Wasting the water, while you are at a riverside, cannot be regarded as extravagance, since there would be no actual loss, as it is plenty enough, and it would return to the nver once again, but it would enhance the spirit of prodigality an4 heedlessness. This principle is coined by the Qur'an in its saying: "0 Chilaren of Adam!

Look to your adornment at every time of worship, and eat and drink, but be not prodigal.