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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The statement of 'Ammar: And what is the meaning of spending from scarcity?

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The questioner : Regarding scarcity, we said that: "from" is a preposition of substitution. What is the meaning of spending?

The Shaykh : Spending is a substitute for scarcity, and scarcity is withholding, such as stinginess, as Allah the Exalted said:
And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate والذين إذا أنفقوا ولم يسرفوا ولم يقتروا وكان بين ذلك قواما
[Al-Furqan 25:67]
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The questioner : And the meaning is...

The Shaykh : The meaning is that instead of being a miser who does not spend, he becomes a spender. Yes.
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