Is buying things that one does not need until after a period of time considered extravagance?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The Shaykh, a person used to buy some devices and some items that are not necessities and not luxuries, but rather... he buys them, like some advanced devices...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I am asking, does this fall under extravagance?
The Shaykh : If he has no benefit from it, then it is extravagance.
The questioner : Sometimes he has a benefit... that exists.
The Shaykh : What? What is it?
The questioner : I am saying, when does it mean that...
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : I am saying, one does not benefit from it except after a period of time, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : And it stays for a year or two without him needing it, but he likes to collect it?
The Shaykh : By Allah, he looks at whether he needs the money for this item.
The questioner : No, he does not need the money.
The Shaykh : For example...
The questioner : No, he does not need...
The Shaykh : It appears that there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, because a person sometimes has a phone or other devices, and they break down, and he is in a critical moment wishing he could find such a thing, even at a high price... He says, I will save up an extra two or three, depending on the need.
The questioner : No, sometimes he buys an advanced device.
The Shaykh : Yes, and the advanced device has a benefit, meaning it must have an added service, for example, the one that stores numbers, yes, or brings up the new numbers that are hidden from you. There are phones where if someone is hidden from you, it stores their number, not yours, meaning. And it is also useful for people who play with phone numbers, taking the number from his phone. Yes?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I am asking, does this fall under extravagance?
The Shaykh : If he has no benefit from it, then it is extravagance.
The questioner : Sometimes he has a benefit... that exists.
The Shaykh : What? What is it?
The questioner : I am saying, when does it mean that...
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner : I am saying, one does not benefit from it except after a period of time, meaning.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.
The questioner : And it stays for a year or two without him needing it, but he likes to collect it?
The Shaykh : By Allah, he looks at whether he needs the money for this item.
The questioner : No, he does not need the money.
The Shaykh : For example...
The questioner : No, he does not need...
The Shaykh : It appears that there is nothing wrong with it, if Allah wills, because a person sometimes has a phone or other devices, and they break down, and he is in a critical moment wishing he could find such a thing, even at a high price... He says, I will save up an extra two or three, depending on the need.
The questioner : No, sometimes he buys an advanced device.
The Shaykh : Yes, and the advanced device has a benefit, meaning it must have an added service, for example, the one that stores numbers, yes, or brings up the new numbers that are hidden from you. There are phones where if someone is hidden from you, it stores their number, not yours, meaning. And it is also useful for people who play with phone numbers, taking the number from his phone. Yes?