Jamaal Al-Din M. Zarabozo

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Riya’, ”showing off ”, occurs when a person says or does something for a reasin other than the pleasure of Allah. If pious people – except for those protected by Allah’s mercy – are capable of yielding to riya’, then what about the common folk ? How will they fare in the faceof their greatest test ? The Prophet Muhammad said: ” Actions are like vessel. If the vessel’s bottom is good, its top is good. But if the vessel’s bottom is polluted, then its top is polluted. ”