LUXURY IS EXTRAVAGANCE

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LUXURY IS EXTRAVAGANCE

The gifts of Allah subhanahu wata'ala are to be utilized properly and not to be spent extravagantly and, 'to render to the kinsman his due and to the needy and the homeless and waste not your wealth extravagantly (in order to deprive kinsman his due share and the needy and the homeless), for the extravagant is brother of satans and Satan has proved to misuse the bounties of his Sustainer."
- Quran 17:26-27

How much to give out?

"They ask you as to how much they should spend. Say: 'The Surplus'" (Quran, 2:219).

"Take a portion of their wealth as Sadaqah or Relief-Aid...." (Quran 9:103)

"Take the Surplus..." (Quran 7:199)

WHAT IS SURPLUS? Once legitimate needs have been filled at a modest scale - no extravagance is permitted - the rest is surplus. One should not suffer from poverty, nor indulge in luxury.
Here it may be highlighted that the Quran praises those "who give other preference over their own selves even though they themselves are poor" (Quran 59:9).

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