The standard for extravagance is custom
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A man bought a garment for three hundred riyals, while another of similar quality was available for fifty. Is this not considered extravagance?
If it is similar to the other, how can this one be three hundred and that one fifty?The questioner: It might be said, for example: This one is Japanese, and this one is English, and the Japanese one is excellent,And the Korean one too! The Shaykh: I do not know the difference between the Japanese and the Korean! The questioner: And the English one?The Shaykh: It means he bought it because it is better.
The questioner: But this cheap one is good and can be used for a year, considering that the person who bought it for three hundred might use it for a year as well and then throw it away?Answer: Extravagance is exceeding the limit, and you know that people differ. A man who has millions of riyals may buy something for three hundred, and he is not called: an extravagant person; but a man who is in debt and does not even have the expenses for his house,We say: this is extravagance,So extravagance: it is exceeding the limit, and people differ in this.
The questioner: Do you mean: that it is based on custom, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: Yes, it is based on custom.
If it is similar to the other, how can this one be three hundred and that one fifty?The questioner: It might be said, for example: This one is Japanese, and this one is English, and the Japanese one is excellent,And the Korean one too! The Shaykh: I do not know the difference between the Japanese and the Korean! The questioner: And the English one?The Shaykh: It means he bought it because it is better.
The questioner: But this cheap one is good and can be used for a year, considering that the person who bought it for three hundred might use it for a year as well and then throw it away?Answer: Extravagance is exceeding the limit, and you know that people differ. A man who has millions of riyals may buy something for three hundred, and he is not called: an extravagant person; but a man who is in debt and does not even have the expenses for his house,We say: this is extravagance,So extravagance: it is exceeding the limit, and people differ in this.
The questioner: Do you mean: that it is based on custom, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: Yes, it is based on custom.