Ma`rifat Farhangi Ejtemaei

Consumption and the culture of consumption are important elements in today's societies, which is managed in the horizon of knowledge and identity of each society. Poverty is also a social phenomenon that is rooted in economic, political and cultural issues and can be seen from different perspectives. The purpose of the present study is to achieve a theoretical framework in the analysis of consumption style in human societies in general, and the issue of "greed" in particular from the perspective of Islamic teachings. The main question is: in what fields is the tendency of excessive consumption formed in some people of the Islamic society, which is an example of extravagance and is a kind of greed, and what are its harms for the society? The main hypothesis of this research is: "lack of moderation in consumption" will lead to avoiding the correct pattern of consumption in society based on the revelatory view, and this is rooted in a type of poverty - in its cultural sense - and has some results such as changing values, increasing corruption, social deviations and conflict in consuming as much as possible. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the data are collected through a library method. After the introduction, I have presented the conceptual framework of the research, then I have pathologized the pattern of greedy consumption in the Islamic society. Then I have examined the grounds for the formation of greed according to Quran and narrational reasons and rational documents, and then, have presented some solutions for correcting the consumption pattern.