The Prohibition of Extravagance: The Waste of the Excess
Israf (إسراف) and Tabdhir (تبذير) in the QuranBy Aira Aurora
Length1h 24m
About this audiobook
The Quran's prohibition of extravagance is part of its broader vision of the middle way — the path between the two extremes of excess and deprivation. The Quran says: "And the believers are those who, when they spend, are neither excessive nor stingy, but are ever, between that, moderate" (25:67). The verse captures the essence of the Quranic ethic of wealth: the believer is the person who spends moderately — not lavishly and not miserly, not in excess and not in deprivation, but in the balance that Allah has established. The middle way is not merely a financial principle; it is a spiritual principle — the principle that every capacity, every resource, and every blessing is to be used in accordance with the measure that Allah has set.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length1 hr 24 mins
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Publish dateSep 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2Introduction: The Balance of the Middle Way
3Chapter 1: The Prohibition — What Allah Forbids
4Chapter 2: The Foundation — Allah as the Provider
5Chapter 3: The Nature of Extravagance — The Exceeding of the Limit
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6Chapter 4: The Two Extremes — Extravagance and Stinginess
7Chapter 5: The Prophets and Moderation — Models of the Middle
8Chapter 6: The Hypocrite — The One Who Wastes
9Chapter 7: The Social Face of Extravagance — The Culture of Excess
10Chapter 8: The Prohibition — The Scope of the Forbidden
11Chapter 9: The Reward — The Blessing of the Balanced
12Chapter 10: Qarun's Ledger — 28:76-82's Wealth and the Earth's Arithmetic
13Chapter 11: The Ornament and the Harvest — 10:24's Ripening World
14Chapter 12: The Circulation Doctrine — 59:7 and the Standing Provision
15Disclaimer
16Frequently Asked Questions
17Glossary
18About the Author
19Series Info
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