Some perfumes are very expensive; is buying them considered a waste of money?
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The questioner : Some perfumes are very expensive; is buying them considered a waste of money?
The Shaykh : These very expensive perfumes, Ahmad, are equivalent in benefit to cheap perfumes. You perfume yourself with them on Friday, and they last with you until the next Friday, and their scent is pleasant.
The questioner : Even if the man is of moderate means?
The Shaykh : As for the cheap ones, as the common people say, "the cheap one is foul", meaning its scent is bad. Yes, but the issue of the man of moderate means and the rich man comes back to the matter of extravagance, because if a man of moderate means buys such a perfume, he is considered extravagant.
The Shaykh : These very expensive perfumes, Ahmad, are equivalent in benefit to cheap perfumes. You perfume yourself with them on Friday, and they last with you until the next Friday, and their scent is pleasant.
The questioner : Even if the man is of moderate means?
The Shaykh : As for the cheap ones, as the common people say, "the cheap one is foul", meaning its scent is bad. Yes, but the issue of the man of moderate means and the rich man comes back to the matter of extravagance, because if a man of moderate means buys such a perfume, he is considered extravagant.