Rationalizing Family Expenditure: A Contemporary Jurisprudential Study

Abstract

Abstract:

This research aims to address the problem of family consumer waste from the perspective of Islamic jurisprudence. It defines the concept of rationalizing family expenditure as the appropriate management of family spending based on the household’s legitimate capacity, preventing waste or deficiency, and maintaining balance in usage according to necessity or desire, without extravagance or parsimony. The study demonstrates that rationalizing family consumption is a shared responsibility among the individual, the family, the state, and society. It further discusses several practical solutions at the family, governmental, and societal levels to make rational spending a lived reality. These solutions include awareness campaigns, educational and technical strategies, skill development, legislative measures, and judicial or community-based interventions. The study adopts a descriptive and inferential approach and concludes with several recommendations aimed at transitioning from theoretical discussion to practical application by encouraging each responsible party to fulfill their duty towards rationalizing family expenditure.