How to spend one's salary

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2013-09-07 15:36

Q: I would like to know if there is any guidelines in the shari'ah on how one should spend their money/salary. Someone told me that it was the advice of one of the ulama that your income/salary should be divided into 3 parts:

Charity ie discharging zakaat, qurbani and spending on ones parents etc
For your living essentials and spending.
Savings

What is muftis opinion on the above? Also I would like to know if a person can stop doing the above with no valid reason?

A: These are optional things.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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