Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Sixth Fascicle

far as it is not done with a wicked intention, is shown by the thirtyfirst
âyat-i-kerîma of A’râf Sûra and ninetieth âyat-i-kerîma of
Mâida Sûra. [These âyat-i-kerîmas are quoted and their meanings
are explained in the second chapter.] It was on the basis of these
two âyat-i-kerîmas that the blessed scholars of our religion have
stated that it is permissible to enjoy eating all sorts of fruit and
informed us that Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ ate
various kinds of fruit. The hadîth-i-sherîf that reads, “Eat what you
like, and wear what you like! It is isrâf and arrogance that will
misguide a person,” and which was uttered for ’Abdullah ibni
’Abbâs ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’, (three years before the Hegira, Mekka
– 68 [687 A.D.], Tâif,) is quoted in the book entitled Sahîh-i-
Bukhârî. It is isrâf to eat the well-baked part or the inner part of
bread and dump its outer cover, i.e. its crust. It will not be isrâf if
the remains are eaten by someone else or by an animal.
It is isrâf to put more than necessary bread on the table and not
to remove the remaining slices so that they will be eaten next time.
In other words, it is isrâf to dump the slices of bread that have not
been eaten or to put too much bread (on the meal table) for
purposes such as boasting, ostentation, and fame.
Eating delicious food, wearing valuable, new clothes,
consturcting tall buildings, and many another worldly satisfaction
that the Owner of this religion has not made harâm, are not isrâf
as long as these blessings have been acquired by way of halâl and
they are not intended for arrogance and boasting. They will be
tanzîhî [lightly] makrûh when they are more than needed. What
would become people whose goal is the Hereafter is to be
contented with the necessary amount and dispense the rest as
alms.
FOURTH HEADING — There is isrâf in thanksgiving, too.
Imâm Mujâhid ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, (24 – 104 [723 A.D.], as
he was making sajda in namâz, in Mekka,) states: “It will never be
isrâf if a person spends gold at places commanded by Allâhu ta’âlâ,
be it as big as a mountain. It will be isrâf, on the other hand, to
spend one dirham [approximately 5 grams] of silver or a handful of
wheat at a harâm place.” Khâtim-i-Tâî is reputed for his
generosity. When he was warned that his giving so much would be
waste of propert which in turn would not have any khayr in it, he
replied, “Property given for khayr (charity, goodness) will not
have been wasted!” It has been wrong of some people to conclude
from the statements made by Mujâhid and Khâtim that there will
not be isrâf in almsgiving. This we will try to explain as follows:
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