Does extravagance in preparing food for Iftar diminish the reward of the fasting person?
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Excessive spending after fasting does not diminish its reward, but it falls under the prohibition of extravagance in Allah's saying: (And eat and drink, but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not those who commit excess) Al-A'raf/31. It is better to give in charity what exceeds one's needs.
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