Consuming without Extravagance or Haughtiness
It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās – Allāh be pleased with them – said:
Wear what you wish and eat what you wish, as long as you avoid two practices: extravagance and haughtiness.
Ibn Abī Shaybah, Al-Muṣannaf ḥadīth 26601.
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