Islami, Hadrat Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qadiri Razavi Ziyai دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ:

Mufassir-e-Shaheer, Hakeem-ul-Ummat, Hadrat Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentions in Tafseer e Na’eemi, volume 8, page 390: There are many explanations of extravagance.

1             Considering Halal things to be Haraam,

2              Using Haraam things,  

3             Eating, drinking and wearing more than one’s needs,

4              Eating, drinking or wearing whatever one wants to,

5              Keep eating and drinking frequently during the day and night which makes one have stomach problems, fall ill,

6              Eating and drinking the things that are harmful to health,

7              Always thinking about eating, drinking and wearing. Thinking that what I will eat now, what will I drink now? (Rooh-ul-Bayan, vol. 3, pp. 154),

8             Eating for heedlessness,

9              Eating to commit a sin,

10           Being used to excellent foods and clothing so much so that she cannot eat ordinary food,

11           Considering excellent foods to be the result of her own efforts.

In short, this one word [extravagance] contains various rulings.

(Tafseer-e-Na’eemi, vol. 8, pp. 390)

3          Thinking unnecessarily about others’ affairs

Similarly, one reason for indulging in following desires is thinking unnecessarily about others’ affairs. Thinking unnecessarily about the excellent dresses, grand palaces and luxurious lifestyle of others not only