The Criterion for Distinguishing Between Minor and Major Riya'
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by your statement that minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) is minor riya' (showing off in worship)? What is the criterion for distinguishing between the minor and the major?
Answer:
When it becomes excessive, it becomes the riya' of the hypocrites. As for the minor, this is not the riya' of the hypocrites; it may occur in some believers. This is the difference: the major riya' is the riya' of the hypocrites, and it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for the minor, it is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it occurs in some believers.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by your statement that minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) is minor riya' (showing off in worship)? What is the criterion for distinguishing between the minor and the major?
Answer:
When it becomes excessive, it becomes the riya' of the hypocrites. As for the minor, this is not the riya' of the hypocrites; it may occur in some believers. This is the difference: the major riya' is the riya' of the hypocrites, and it is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). As for the minor, it is minor shirk (associating partners with Allah), and it occurs in some believers.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 109- ضابط الرياء اليسير والكثير - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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