Chapter on the Prohibition of Showing Off: Allah the Exalted said: “And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, being sincere to Him in religion, inclining [toward Him].”
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “Chapter on the Prohibition of Showing Off
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Bayyinah 98:5] the verse
And He said:[Al-Baqarah 2:264] the verse
And He said:[An-Nisa 4:142] ”
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: “Chapter on the Prohibition of Showing Off”
Riya' is the verbal noun of the verb ra'a, meaning to show off. It is said: ra'a, yura'i, riya', and mir'ah, just as one says: jahada, yujahidu, jihada, and mujahadah. The meaning of riya' here is that a person worships his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, but he beautifies his worship so that people see it and say, “How devout he is! How excellent his worship is!” and the like. He wants people to praise him for his worship of Allah.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “Chapter on the Prohibition of Showing Off
Allah the Exalted said:
And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth
وَمَا أُمرِوا إلاَّ لِيَعْبُدُوا اللهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءAnd He said:
O you who have believed, do not invalidate your charities with reminders or injury as does one who spends his wealth [only] to be seen by the people
يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقَاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَالْأَذَى كَالَّذِي يُنْفِقُ مَالَهُ رِئَاءَ النَّاسِAnd He said:
showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little,
يُرَاؤُونَ النَّاسَ وَلاَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ إلاَّ قَلِيلاًThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: “Chapter on the Prohibition of Showing Off”
Riya' is the verbal noun of the verb ra'a, meaning to show off. It is said: ra'a, yura'i, riya', and mir'ah, just as one says: jahada, yujahidu, jihada, and mujahadah. The meaning of riya' here is that a person worships his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, but he beautifies his worship so that people see it and say, “How devout he is! How excellent his worship is!” and the like. He wants people to praise him for his worship of Allah.