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2. Showing off that does not encourage anyone’s worship or decrease his hardship but because of this the victim secretly conceals showing off like a stone secretly conceals fire. Identifying this type of showing off is not easy. The biggest symptom of this is that when people learn of his worship he feels happy. Many Islamic brothers are sincere in their worship and dislike showing off and also succeed in completing their worship without showing off but when other people learn of their good deeds these worshippers feel happy and forget their hardships during those worships. In this case they conceal showing off the way a stone conceals fire. This happiness indicates hidden showing off because if their hearts were not concerned about other humans then they would not feel happy when people discovered their deeds. Now if the worshippers do not despise this happiness in their hearts then this feeling of showing off grows even stronger and then they try to implicitly or indicatively reveal their good deeds. In fact sometimes they adopt such habits which publicise their deeds, for example speaking softly due to weakness, keeping their lips dry, signs of fasting and tears, crying due to fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, yawning and stretching arms due to staying awake at night to offer Taĥajjud.
3. This is the showing off when a person shows off without the desire for public attention and without feeling happy at his worship being revealed, however * he feels happy when people greet him with Salām before he greets them, * approach him with humility and respect, * praise him, * fulfil his needs happily, * favour him in sales and purchase (either they sell him things at reduced price or not receive money at all), * when he goes to any gathering they make room specifically for him, * flatter him etc.
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