Commentary on the hadith prohibiting extravagance with faucets
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We often see the common people among us who turn on the water faucet with full force, and there is extravagance in it. He asks: Is it permissible for us to hang the hadith "Do not be extravagant"Sunan Ibn Majah 425Da'if (Darussalam) in the restrooms and at the faucets?
Answer:
No, do not hang it. But teach the people in the mosque, teach them in the lessons, teach the people without hanging it. Hanging it is not teaching; they do not look at this hanging. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We often see the common people among us who turn on the water faucet with full force, and there is extravagance in it. He asks: Is it permissible for us to hang the hadith "Do not be extravagant"
even if you are on the bank of a flowing river
وإن كنت على نهر جارAnswer:
No, do not hang it. But teach the people in the mosque, teach them in the lessons, teach the people without hanging it. Hanging it is not teaching; they do not look at this hanging. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الفصل الأول في النية في الطهارة والصلاة — islamhouse.com (46:27)
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