Mīzān al-Ḥikma

The Censure of Clothing or Acts of Worship That Draw Attention

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Boasting/Showing Off (Riya) 4 Dress and Adornment 2 Worship 1 Hellfire 1

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hadith 1186
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘It is enough of a disgrace for a man that he should wear such clothes or ride such a beast as draws attention to himself.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): كَفى بِالمَرءِ خِزياً أن يَلبَسَ ثَوباً يَشهَرُهُ ، أو يَركَبَ دابَّةً مَشهورَةً.
Tags Dress and AdornmentBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)
hadith 1187
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily Allah despises the two forms of attention-seeking: attention-seeking clothes and attention-seeking prayer.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إنَّ اللّهَ يُبغِضُ الشُّهرَتَينِ: شُهرَةَ اللِّباسِ وشُهرَةَ الصَّلاةِ .
Tags Dress and AdornmentBoasting/Showing Off (Riya)
hadith 1188
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Renown for ones prayer is a form of deception.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الاشتِهارُ بِالعِبادَةِ رِيبَةٌ .
Tags Boasting/Showing Off (Riya)Worship
hadith 1189
Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The best and worst of [seeking] fame lands one in the Fire.
الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الشُّهرَةُ خَيرُها وشَرُّها في النارِ .
Tags Boasting/Showing Off (Riya)Hellfire