Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 284
! ! 284 َﺗ ۡﺒ ِﺬ ۡﻳ ًﺮ ا ُﺗ َﺒ ِّﺬ ۡر َﻻ َو “ S quander not thy wealth extravagantly. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 17: V. 27) And those who act extravagantly are called the brethren of Satan. Yet, i f one happily gives according to his means , there is no harm in that. If today , a person can afford to give the girl ten thousand rupees , then by all means he should do so. If afterwards , his condition deteriorates due to a change of circumstances, and he is unable to give anything to his second daughter , no blame shall be on him because when he offered the first one [her dowry] , his intention was to give [an equivalent dowry] to all [of his daughters] , but now his circumstances have changed. Refrain from Displaying Bid’at a nd Extravagance Briefly, Bid’at is any practice that people rigidly adhere to despite the absence of any definite command [regarding it]. It is not supported within Islam , nevertheless it is considered compulsory due to people’s opinion s. This is for purposes of show only. T o practice it is an extravagance and God Almighty has declared the extravagant to be the brethren of Satan. Therefore, one should protect oneself from this and strive to shun as many destructive B id’ats as one can. ( Misbah , May 15, 1930)