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Sayyidunā Khuwājaĥ Ḥasan Baṣrī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی used to say, ‘Any person who humiliates himself in front of a gathering is actually praising himself and this is also one of the signs of showing off.’
(Tanbīĥ-ul-Mughtarrīn, pp.24)
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
We are not showing off are we?
Dear Islamic brothers! We should very honestly analyse ourselves. Are we lazy in worship when alone but energetic in public? Do we unnecessarily expose our good deeds to people after doing them? Then if someone praises us do we feel proud and increase our deed? Do we feel sad if no one praises us and decrease our religious deeds? Do we enjoy worshipping in public but not in solitude? Do we criticise ourselves in front of other people in order to impress them? etc.
Dear Islamic brothers! If the answer to these questions is yes then the first thing you should immediately do is repent and make efforts to be sincere. Lest we should pass away before repenting and face the harms of showing off in the afterlife.
Blessing of repenting of showing off
Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَنَّان wrote: Bear in mind that that showing off does not make a deed impermissible, rather it creates a possibility of it not being accepted. If a show off finally repents of his sin then he does not have to redo his former insincere deeds, but rather due to the blessing of his repentance his former insincere deeds will also be accepted. It is extremely difficult
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