Steps Towards Happiness -This matter is not driven by ostentation


Whoever performs a righteous deed purely for the sake of Allah, and then Allah bestows upon them good praise in the hearts of the believers—without seeking it or anticipating it—and rejoices in the favour of Allah and is delighted by it, then this does not harm, and it is not considered ostentation.

Abu Dharr1, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “The Prophet, peace be upon him, was asked about a man who does a deed for the sake of Allah, and people praise him for it’ He said: ‘That is the immediate glad tidings of the believer” (Muslim)2

However, as for someone who performs a righteous deed and embellishes it to be praised by people, then this is indeed ostentation.





References:

1 He is Abu Dhar Jundb ibn Junadah ibn Sufyan al-Ghifari. He was the fourth or fifth person to join Islam, and passed away in 32 AH. Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat As-Sahabah (357/1).

2 Book of Righteousness, Kinship, and Etiquette, Chapter: "Verily, the glad tidings of a righteous deed is itself a glad tiding; it does not detract from it," Hadith number (2642).

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