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evil deeds and reform him then this is a good intention but even in this case there is a risk of being involved in showing off. Therefore a preacher should look at all humans equally and not distinguish the rich from the poor just on the basis of their money or distinguish bigger people from smaller ones. In this way اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ he will be safe from showing off.
(Al-Ḥadīqa-tun-Nadiyyaĥ, vol. 1 pp. 476/477)
Dear Islamic brothers! Allah’s sincere bondmen always remain afraid of Riyā-e-Khafī and attempt to avoid being deceived by other people due to their good deeds. These blessed people struggle harder to hide their good deeds more than sinners struggle to hide their sins, only because they wish for their deeds to be sincere so that on the Day of Judgement Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will reward them in front of all people and they realise that in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ only sincere deeds are acceptable on the Day of Judgement. They are also aware that on the Day of Judgement they will be extremely destitute and hungry and that their money and children will be of no avail except those who appear in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ with a pure heart (protected from sins). No father will help his son, even the greatest saints (Ṣiddīqīn) will be solely concerned about themselves. Every soul shall be shouting ‘myself, myself’. When this will be the condition of even the greatest saints then what will common people be experiencing? Any person who finds in his heart the distinction between children, madmen, and other people becoming aware of his deeds will experience possibilities of showing off, because if he knew that only Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grants benefit or harm and that only He عَزَّوَجَلَّ has power over everything and no one else has the power to do anything, then it would be the same for him whether his deed is revealed to a child
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