Is rejoicing in people's praise considered showing off (riya')?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I perform good deeds such as charity, Hajj, and 'Umrah, and I rejoice in performing these deeds and love to increase in them. However, I find joy in myself when someone congratulates me on my deeds and praises me, and I love to increase in these deeds. Is this considered showing off (riya')?
Answer:
If a person performs a deed for Allah the Exalted and does not intend the praise of people, but people praise him while he did not intend that, then this is the immediate glad tidings of the believer and a testimony to his goodness. But if he intends this from the start, intending that people praise him and loving that, then this is showing off (riya'). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I perform good deeds such as charity, Hajj, and 'Umrah, and I rejoice in performing these deeds and love to increase in them. However, I find joy in myself when someone congratulates me on my deeds and praises me, and I love to increase in these deeds. Is this considered showing off (riya')?
Answer:
If a person performs a deed for Allah the Exalted and does not intend the praise of people, but people praise him while he did not intend that, then this is the immediate glad tidings of the believer and a testimony to his goodness. But if he intends this from the start, intending that people praise him and loving that, then this is showing off (riya'). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 112- هل يُعدّ الفرح بثناء الناس من الرياء؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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