All praise is due only to Allaah. We laud Him and beseech His

Be generous and do not scrounge on spending on your wife
Another point is that when you do spend on your family, then 
spend generously and do not adopt the attitude of feeding them 
just enough so they don’t starve. Practice 
Ihsaan
on them, that 
is, spend generously in accordance to your status. Some people 
may be in some confusion that on the one hand the Shariah 
prohibits and discourages wastage and extravagance and on the 
other hand it exhorts spending freely on one’s household. The 
question may arise as to what reconciliation there is between 
these two? 
Living is permissible and luxury is permissible
Hadhrat Moulana Ashraf Ali Thaanwi (rahmatullah alayh) had 
explained that for a person to live in a home is permissible and 
to make that abode comfortable and to make it ‘cosy’ is also 
permissible and not regarded as 
Israaf
(wastage). To have a 
solid brick home with electricity, telephone, etc. is not regarded 
as wastage. All such permissible expenditure is permissible. 
To be ostentatious is impermissible
To spend on one’s home and family, within the bounds of the 
Shariah and one’s means is completely permissible and 
acceptable. However to do so with the intention of showing off 
or with the intention that people see how much you have is 
impermissible. This is pride and ostentation.
The limit of spending
There is a limit to one’s spending also. It is permissible for a 
person to own and wear nice clothing which makes him feel 
comfortable, nice and presentable. However, if the intention of 
wearing nice clothing is to exude an impression that you are 
rich or important, is impermissible and falls under the category 
of show and vanity. 

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