Arrest those who show off extravagance, say experts | Arab News

Arrest those who show off extravagance, say experts | Arab News: "JEDDAH: Legal experts have urged the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution (BIPP) to issue arrest warrants and take legal action against people who boast about their extravagance on social media.

The experts were reacting to the trend of citizens and residents overspending on food and on social events, and also boasting about the same through video clips, local media reported on Saturday.
“They waste the grace of God given to them, incite partisanship, revive rivalries, encourage wastefulness, break the hearts of the poor, damage the reputation of society and disseminate the culture of boasting and arrogance,” they said, adding that such acts call for prosecution.
A video showed a number of people holding silver pans and pouring Oud perfume for their guest to wash their hands, instead of soap. Another video showed a person taking throwing bundles of currency notes in front of camels as fodder. In another video, a man scattered cardamom on the floor for his guests. Another person was seen in a video putting currency notes in a coffee pot containing hot water, thus damaging the notes and saying that his guest deserves more than this.
Sheik Hamad Al-Razen, a judge in Riyadh General Court, was quoted as saying that extravagance and wastefulness are against the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah.
“If a person deliberately intends to show to the public extravagance, he committs two sins — disobeys God and boasts about it.”
Legal action should be taken against such people like arresting referring them him to the specialized court to impose suitable punishments, he added.
Abdullah bin Obaid Al-Nufaiei, associate professor of civil law in Taif University, said: “Our religion teaches us to be moderate, rational and kind without wasting money, food or other things. By showing off their extravagance, these people disobey God.”
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia), as a body to keep a tab on public morals, is entitled to pursue these people, arrest them then and then refer them to BIPP.
Ahmad Jamman Al-Malki, lawyer and legal adviser, said: “According to article 3 of the anti-forgery of money law issued in the Royal Decree No 12 dated 20/7/1379, whoever intentionally destroys the currency of the Kingdom or washes it with chemicals or partially destroys, it is punishable by a prison term ranging of three to five years and a fine of SR3,000 to SR10,000 or both.”"



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