Excessive use of water in seeking happiness during the ritual bath
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some people, when they take a bath for cleanliness, let a lot of water pour over themselves to feel, he says, happy. Is this considered extravagance? To feel happy.
Answer:
Happiness is not in being extravagant with water or anything else. What is this happiness? He should be moderate.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Some people, when they take a bath for cleanliness, let a lot of water pour over themselves to feel, he says, happy. Is this considered extravagance? To feel happy.
Answer:
Happiness is not in being extravagant with water or anything else. What is this happiness? He should be moderate.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (57:10)
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