Steps Towards Happiness -This matter is not driven by 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.
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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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