Is summer tourism considered extravagance?
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The questioner : Tourism—some of the brothers asked—about tourism in the summer.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Tourism abroad.
The Shaykh : Tourism.
The questioner : So, spending on this type of travel... is it included among the prohibitions, or is it not?
The Shaykh : This depends on the nature of the tourism—may Allah reward you. If the tourism is in the context of His saying, the Exalted:[Al-An'am 6:11] —that is, for the sake of taking a lesson—then it is good, and spending on good is good. But of course, it is not from the funds of zakah, but from voluntary charity. That is one thing. Another thing is that what is observed is that those tourists who leave the lands of Islam for the lands of...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Tourism abroad.
The Shaykh : Tourism.
The questioner : So, spending on this type of travel... is it included among the prohibitions, or is it not?
The Shaykh : This depends on the nature of the tourism—may Allah reward you. If the tourism is in the context of His saying, the Exalted:
Say, "Travel through the land
قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الأَرْضِ
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