I own a car and a residence, so is it permissible for me to buy a car and a residence better than the ones I have?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: I own, praise be to Allah, a residence and a car that are acceptable, but I am able, praise be to Allah, to have something better than that. So is it better for me to buy a residence and a car better than what I have in order to display the blessings of Allah the Exalted, or should I stick to what I have?
Answer:
If you are able to have a residence better than your residence, a car better than your car, and clothing better than your clothing, without extravagance or showing off, then there is no harm in you enjoying the blessings of Allah upon you and not being hard on yourself. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, as in the hadith, He loves to see the effect of this blessing on His servant. But this is with gratitude to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and without arrogance and pride, yes, and without haughtiness.
He says: I own, praise be to Allah, a residence and a car that are acceptable, but I am able, praise be to Allah, to have something better than that. So is it better for me to buy a residence and a car better than what I have in order to display the blessings of Allah the Exalted, or should I stick to what I have?
Answer:
If you are able to have a residence better than your residence, a car better than your car, and clothing better than your clothing, without extravagance or showing off, then there is no harm in you enjoying the blessings of Allah upon you and not being hard on yourself. For Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, as in the hadith,
If He bestows a blessing upon a servant
إذا أنعم نعمة على عبد
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أملك السيارة والسكن، فهل يجوز لي أن أشتري سيارة وسكنا أفضل من التي معي؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.