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

 
This is not classified as 
Israaf
 (extravagance)
The author states that once when he was travelling from some 
town back to Karachi, it was summer season, so he asked 
someone to book for him a ticket on the air-conditioned coach, 
and he gave the person the money. Someone else who was 
nearby commented that this was 
Israaf
, to spend on a more 
expensive ride. 
This type of understanding is incorrect and misguided. If one 
has the means and to spend on something which will make you 
more comfortable, as long as you are not transgressing the 
Shariah in any way is completely permissible. Such 
expenditure is not categorised as 
Israaf
.
What right does the wife have over us?
“It has been recorded by Hadhrat Muaawiyah bin Haida 
(radhiallahu anhu) that he asked Nabi (sallallahu alayhi 
wasallam), ‘O Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam)! What 
rights do our wives have on us?’ He replied, ‘That you feed 
them when you feed yourself, clothe them when you clothe 
yourself, that you do not strike them on their faces and insult or 
belittle them and do not leave them except in the home.”
Abu 
Dawood, Hadith number 2142] 
Leave their beds
As mentioned before, one of the measures taken when 
attempting to reform your wife, you should separate from their 
beds. This is merely as a lesson for her. You should sleep on 
another bed in the house. It does not mean that you leave the 
house and sleep somewhere away from the home. 
Such separation is not permissible
The Ulama have written that when separating your bed from 
your wife, you should not close all relations with her. It does 
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not mean that you stop talking to her and that you don’t even 
make salaam to her. You should not ignore her if she greets you 
or asks you about some important matter. Such separation and 
isolation is impermissible.