What is the ruling on extravagance and waste in feeding the fasting person in Ramadan and other times

Question : Some people say that the phenomenon of eating in the mosques has turned into displays of boasting, extravagance, and waste. The same happens with the Eid iftar held in the neighborhoods on Eid day. What is Shaykh Muhammad’s word on this?

Answer : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment.
There is no doubt that feeding the fasting person contains much good, and whoever feeds a fasting person has a reward like his, without anything being deducted from the fasting person’s reward. But for it to be made into a place or an activity in which people boast and compete with one another as to who is better, this is undoubtedly an error.
Only dates, water, and ordinary food should be served. There is no need for them to bring every type of vegetable or fruit or the like; there is no reason for it. Likewise, regarding the custom people have followed for a long time, where on Eid day the neighbors go out to the street and bring out food to eat. The purpose of that is gathering, bonding, and getting to know one another.
Should not the matter be developed so that each person says, “I brought food better than my neighbor’s food” or the like? And the prohibition has been reported regarding the food of the two who compete, meaning the two who compete as to whose food is better?