The Ruling on Adorning Oneself and Wearing Luxurious Clothing
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, does adorning oneself, wearing luxurious clothing, and using various types of expensive perfumes contradict asceticism?
The Shaykh:
In what respect?
The questioner:
Does adorning oneself, wearing luxurious clothing, and using various types of expensive perfumes contradict asceticism?
The Shaykh:
A person should take the middle path. When Allah grants a person a blessing, he should take the middle path, without being extravagant in clothing, perfume, or vehicles, and without being like the poor who deny Allah’s blessing upon them. Rather, he should take the middle path in his affairs, for the best of affairs is the middle path. Honorable Shaykh. Or between stinginess and deception, yes. Honorable Shaykh.[Al-Furqan 25:67]. Yes. Between stinginess, which is miserliness, and extravagance, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, does adorning oneself, wearing luxurious clothing, and using various types of expensive perfumes contradict asceticism?
The Shaykh:
In what respect?
The questioner:
Does adorning oneself, wearing luxurious clothing, and using various types of expensive perfumes contradict asceticism?
The Shaykh:
A person should take the middle path. When Allah grants a person a blessing, he should take the middle path, without being extravagant in clothing, perfume, or vehicles, and without being like the poor who deny Allah’s blessing upon them. Rather, he should take the middle path in his affairs, for the best of affairs is the middle path. Honorable Shaykh. Or between stinginess and deception, yes. Honorable Shaykh.
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَنفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا
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