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Exaggeration in the Furniture of the House – Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts

Question: Is a moderate amount of house furniture Haram? This concerns me because inshallah I will marry a Muslim brother who wants furniture similar [to the furniture] in days of the Messenger(ﷺ). So this is an affair we differ on?

Answer: “A moderate amount of furniture is not haram*, rather every good is in the moderation of affairs. Allah says:

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَنْفَقُوا لَمْ يُسْرِفُوا وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُوا وَكَانَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ قَوَامً

And those, who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly, but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes)”.

[25:67]

With Allah is Tawfeeq

And May Blessings and Peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and Companions.

Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and verdicts

Chairman:

Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz

Vice-Chairman:

Abdurrazzaq ‘Afifi

Members:

Abdullah ibn Abdurahman al-Ghudyaan

Abdullah ibn Qu’ud

[Taken from: https://www.alifta.net/fatawa/fatawaDetails.aspx?BookID=3&View=Page&PageNo=2&PageID=9418 ]

Translated by

Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan

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*Translator’s note:

The Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) were not pleased with a lot of furniture.

Ibrahim an-Nakhai rahimahullah said:

كَانَ لا يُعْجِبُهُمْ كَثْرَةُ الأَثَاثِ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ ، وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُمْ مَا وَسَّعُوا بِهِ عَلَى عِيَالِهِمْ

They [the Companions] were not pleased with a lot of furniture in their houses. They were pleased with what they could accommodate their children with

[Reported by al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Imaan no. 6165. The Muhaqiq Mukhtaar Ahmad an-Nadwi said: “Its chain has men that are Thiqaat (reliable). I did not find this narration with other than the author”. It is also reported in Tarikh Yahya Ibn Ma’een as reported by ad-Doori no. 2927 with a similar chain]

And Allah knows Best.

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