2.  Ostentation, or Riya, is when a person performs acts of worship merely to obtain a place in the hearts of others.  The Prophet Muhammed (S) referred to this behavior as a “lesser idolatry”

3.  The Prophet Muhammed (S) said,” I do not fear that you will worship the sun, the stars, or the moon, but I fear you worshipping other than Allah (SWT) through Ostentation.”  The Prophet Muhammed (S) said,” Of the seven types of people who will be shaded on the day of resurrection…… includes the man who gives in charity and hides it, such that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives in charity…”

4.  When a person commits riya continuously, that person’s heart represents a hypotonic heart, because that person is committing a form of Shirk, which is the one sin that Allah (SWT) will not erase from your record. It represents a hypotonic heart because a hypotonic heart is a heart that has already burst, so it is physically beyond repair. 

5.  Ostentation, or Riya, relates to the semi-permeable membrane because it allows a person to perform good deeds only when others are close by or watching. In this way, it filters the person’s good deeds by only “letting them through” in public.

6.  Hellen Keller once said,” There is no slave that didn’t have a king somewhere in his ancestry, and there is no king that didn’t have a slave somewhere in his ancestry.”  Cures: - Reflecting upon the harm of ostentation - Reciting Surah Ikhlaas - Reminding yourself of your many flaws (humbling yourself)

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