Excerpt from Ibrahim Dewla’s speeches.

Three ways of spending wealth that are harmful:

(1) ‘Israaf’, this is to spend more than what your need is.

“…eat and drink, but be not excessive (tusrifu). Indeed He likes not those who commit excess” (7:31)

Need was to only spend 4-5 but you ended up spending 10. One should only spend for what’s needed. Because then you are able to save. With those savings you can help someone else. If you have spent everything on yourself. What’s left to give anyone?

Scholars have written when there is ‘Israaf’ in wealth, the wealth becomes void of blessings and never sufficient. As he is accustomed to spending in wrong areas, he becomes dependent on earning more.

Given majority of his time is towards earning, where will he get the time on benefiting the religion? In matters of religion, he will be behind others. He will not have time to gain knowledge. Due to his lack of knowledge, he will remain ignorant and not fulfill rights.

If one doesn’t stop here, what is next level?

(2) ‘Tabzir’, there is no need to spend but one wants to follow their whim and desires.

“Indeed, the wasteful (mubadhirina) are brothers of the devils..” (17:27)

And the devil is ungrateful to Allah.

This type of spending, there is no need, one just wants to follow their whim, its done for show.

If one doesn’t stop here, what is next level of misfortune in hereafter?

(3) ‘Mutrif’, accustomed to pleasure and luxury without the concern of others.

What is truth? What is false? What is world? What is hereafter? Nothing matters except pleasure and luxury. Wealth creates this category of people.

Wealth intoxicates a person such that they cannot accept truth. Most of the time it was people in pleasure and luxury who denied the Prophets.

“Whenever We sent a warner to society, its affluent, elite, luxurious ones (mutrafuha) said, “We truly reject what you have been sent with”. (34:34)