The Difference Between Showing Off and Speaking of Allah's Blessing
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Question:
This questioner says: May Allah bless you. How do we distinguish between showing off (riya') and speaking of the blessing of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
Answer:
Showing off is a form of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Speaking of Allah’s blessing is a prescribed matter,[Ad-Duhaa 93:11], and this is part of thanking for the blessing. The pillars of gratitude are three: speaking of the blessing openly, acknowledging it inwardly, and spending it in obedience to Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. These are the pillars of gratitude. Yes.
This questioner says: May Allah bless you. How do we distinguish between showing off (riya') and speaking of the blessing of Allah (Mighty and Majestic)?
Answer:
Showing off is a form of shirk (associating partners with Allah). Speaking of Allah’s blessing is a prescribed matter,
But as for the favor of your Lord, report [it].
وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى ليوم الأربعاء 1439/08/23هــ — youtube.com (13:18)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.