Riya (Show)

[ummtaalib]

Riya (show) is not confined to the display of Ibãdat. Riya is to display one’s Ibãdat while being motivated by the desire to be known as a pious person. Ibãdat in public does not necessarily reflect riya. If the thought of piety comes to mind unintentionally without one believing or entertaining the idea of one’s piety, then such thought is not riya. It is a waswasah of riya. [Waswasah is a stray thought which enters the mind at the behest of shaitãn. Provided that such a whisper of shaitãn is not fixed firmly in the mind by one’s volition and intention, no sin is occasioned.

 

Tarbiyatus Saalikeen

Islamic Taribyah Academy