Is it prescribed for a person not to overindulge in fine foods and clothes?
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The questioner : He understood, meaning this hadith means he understood, meaning he says a person should not overindulge in a large quantity of clothes, foods, and fine things, meaning?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is measuring, meaning he says, meaning.
The Shaykh : Correct, Allah the Exalted said: Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant. Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Meaning a person should not overindulge in wearing clean clothes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory to wear torn or dirty things, but one should not overindulge. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to his Companions: How is it when one of you wears a new garment in the morning and a new garment in the evening? This means that this will be the case. A person is not to be blamed for wearing a garment that is customary, and when the Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, one of us loves for his sandal to be good and his garment to be good,” what did he say?
The questioner : Allah.
The Shaykh : “Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.” But if he is extravagant and wears what is not the dress of his like, or is extravagant in eating and drinking, this is undoubtedly an error.
The questioner : Meaning he limits the number of clothes he has, meaning he limits the number of garments, meaning he has, for example,
The Shaykh : According to what is customary; people differ.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : He is measuring, meaning he says, meaning.
The Shaykh : Correct, Allah the Exalted said: Eat and drink, but do not be extravagant. Yes, indeed.
The questioner : Meaning a person should not overindulge in wearing clean clothes.
The Shaykh : No, it is not obligatory to wear torn or dirty things, but one should not overindulge. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explained to his Companions: How is it when one of you wears a new garment in the morning and a new garment in the evening? This means that this will be the case. A person is not to be blamed for wearing a garment that is customary, and when the Companions said, “O Messenger of Allah, one of us loves for his sandal to be good and his garment to be good,” what did he say?
The questioner : Allah.
The Shaykh : “Indeed, Allah is beautiful and loves beauty.” But if he is extravagant and wears what is not the dress of his like, or is extravagant in eating and drinking, this is undoubtedly an error.
The questioner : Meaning he limits the number of clothes he has, meaning he limits the number of garments, meaning he has, for example,
The Shaykh : According to what is customary; people differ.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2889 - 4600 هل يشرع للإنسان أن لا يكثر من الأطعمة والألبسة الطيبة؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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