Al-Isra 17:27

<h2>The Command to maintain the Ties of Kinship and the Prohibition of Extravagance</h2><p>When Allah mentions honoring one's parents, He follows this with the command to treat one's relatives well and to maintain the ties of kinship. According to the Hadith:</p><p>«أُمَّكَ وَأَبَاكَ، ثُمَّ أَدْنَاكَ أَدْنَاك»</p><p>وفي رواية</p><p>«ثُمَّ الْأَقْرَبَ فَالْأَقْرَب»</p><p>(Your mother and your father, then your closest relatives and the next closest.) According to another Hadith:</p><p>«مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ وَيُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِي أَجَلِهِ، فَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَه»</p><p>(Whoever would like to see his provision expanded and his life extended, let him maintain his ties of kinship.)</p><p>وَلاَ تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا</p><p>(But spend not wastefully (your wealth) in the manner of a spendthrift.) When Allah commands spending, He forbids extravagance. Spending should be moderate, as stated in another Ayah:</p><p>وَالَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمْ يُسْرِفُواْ وَلَمْ يَقْتُرُواْ</p><p>(And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor stingy). 25:67 Then He says, to discourage extravagance:</p><p>إِنَّ الْمُبَذرِينَ كَانُواْ إِخْوَنَ الشَّيَـطِينِ</p><p>(Verily, the spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayatin,) They have this trait in common. Ibn Mas`ud said: "This refers spending extravagantly when it is not appropriate." Ibn `Abbas said likewise. Mujahid said: "If a man spends all his wealth on appropriate things, then he is not a spendthrift, but if he spends …

Lo! the squanderers were ever brothers of the devils, and the devil was ever an ingrate to his Lord.

Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.

Verily, spendthrifts are brothers of the Shayatin (devils), and the Shaitan (Devil - Satan) is ever ungrateful to his Lord.

The extravagant are brethren of the devils, and the devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord.