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Riyah in the Acts of Worship

Riyah in the Acts of Worship

There is no firm proof that Riyah is Harām in the pure worldly acts, which are not considered acts of worship. Consequently the Fuqaha have not given any verdict concerning this. But the true believers refrain from all types of Riyah; even with the worldly acts and the mubah actions. The root of Riyakāri is the love of this world. Hence if one falls into this habit, he may even begin to make it a part of his worship.

 The respected scholar, Faiz al-Kashani writes in his book, ‘Muhajjatul Baidha’, “People resort to Riyakāri in five types of actions.

 (1)                           Bodily Riyah

(2)                           Riyah of beauty and dress

(3)                           Riyah of speech

(4)                           Riyah of actions

(5)                           Riyah of the outward kind.”

 The above types of Riyah are explained below

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