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Today
i have chosen 'show-off' as a topic
for daily reflection. These days we
do good deeds only for show & worldy gains. I have selected few
Hadith's from Riyad us Salaheen.
May Allah (swt) guide us to
the right pathe! Ameen
1616.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of
Allah (PBUH) said, "Almighty Allah says, `I am the One Who is
most free from want of partners. He
who does a thing for the sake of someone else beside Me, I discard
him and his polytheism..'' [Muslim].
1617.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased
with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, "The
first to be judged on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who had
died as a martyr. He will be brought forward. Allah will remind him
of the favours He had bestowed upon him and the man will acknowledge
them. Then He will ask him: `What did you do to express gratitude for
it?' The man will reply: `I fought for Your Cause till I was
martyred.' Allah will say: `You have lied. You fought so that people
might call you courageous; and they have done so.' Command will then
be issued about him and he will be dragged on his face and thrown
into Hell. Next a man who had
acquired and imparted knowledge and read the Qur'an will be brought
forward, Allah will remind him of the favours He had bestowed upon
him and the man will acknowledge them. Then He will ask him: `What
did you do to express gratitude for it?' The man will reply: `I
acquired knowledge and taught it, and read the Qur'an for Your sake.'
Allah will say to him: `You have lied. You acquired knowledge so that
people might call you a learned (man), and you read the Qur'an so
that they might call you a reciter, and they have done so.' Command
will then be issued about him, and he will be dragged on his face and
thrown into Hell. Next a man whom
Allah had made affluent and to whom Allah had given plenty of wealth,
will be brought forward, Allah will remind him of the favours He had
bestowed upon him and the man will acknowledge them. He will ask him:
`What did you do to express gratitude for it?' The man will reply: `I
did not neglect any of the ways You liked wealth to be spend
liberally for Your sake'. Allah will say to him: `You have lied. You
did it so that people might call you generous, and they have done
so.' Command will then be issued about him and he will be dragged on
his face and thrown into
Hell.'' [Muslim].
1618.
`Abdullah bin `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said: Some
people told me, "We visit our rulers and we tell them things
contrary to those which we say when we depart from them.'' `Abdullah
bin `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) replied: "In the era
of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) we considered this to be an act of
hypocrisy.'' [Al-Bukhari].
1619.
Jundub (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The
Prophet (PBUH) said, "He who so acts to show off, Allah will
disgrace him on the Day of Resurrection, and
he who does good deeds so that people (may hold him in high esteem),
Allah will expose his hidden evil intentions before the people on the
Day of Resurrection.'' [Al-Bukhari
and Muslim].
1620.
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The
Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "A person who acquires
(religious) knowledge, which is (normally) acquired to gain the
Pleasure of Allah, (for the sole reason) to secure worldly comforts
will not even smell the fragrance of Jannah
on the Day of Resurrection (i.e., will not enter Jannah).'' [Abu
Dawud].
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