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observer it may appear as a virtuous action, though, on the Day of Judgement, all his deeds would become invalid because the real motive was not to attain the Divine pleasure.
(Tafseer Kabeer, part 3, Al-Baqarah, Taht-al-Ayah 264, vol. 3, pp. 47)
Dear Islamic brothers! It is learnt that whoever spends in the way of Allah to show off and boast of it publicly, his charity spent in the way of Allah is swept away like the straws as and the rain washes off dust gathered on the rock. People, badly indulged in the epidemic of showing-off and worldly deception, apparently assume by giving charity and Sadaqah that they have a great hoard of virtues but alas when they would appear in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ on the Day of Judgement and would be called for their reckoning, nothing will be left in their book of deeds out of their hoard of virtues carried out with the intention of showing off. (Tafseer Kabeer, part 3, Al-Baqarah, Taht-al-Ayah 264, vol. 3, pp. 47)
Thus, the charity should be given with sincerity entirely to gain the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and not to gain the admiration of people nor does he have the intention to receive words full of praise and commendation for his so-called generosity & big-heartedness from the needy people and nor does he have this desire and urge to achieve popularity of his generosity and munificence in public. Only that good action which is carried out solely for the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is accepted in the court
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