Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Muhammad Bin Arafa who said, ‘Al-Reza -asws said to me: ‘Woe be unto you, O Ibn Arafa! For it is such that the one who does a deed for other than Allah -azwj , Allah -azwj would Allocate it to what he worked for. Woe be unto you! There is no deed which anyone does except Allah -azwj Returns it as such – so if it is good, so good, and if evil, so evil’.
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qaddah, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said to Abd Bin Kaseer Al-Basry in the Masjid: ‘Woe be unto you Abbad! Beware of the showing-off, for it is from the deeds (done) for other than Allah -azwj . Allah -azwj will Allocate him to the one he worked for’.
[29] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كُلُّ رِيَاءٍ شِرْكٌ إِنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلنَّاسِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلَّهِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ . Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al Magra’a, from Yazeed Bin Khaleefa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Showing-off is Shirk (association with Allah -azwj ).
The one who does a deed for the people, his rewards would be upon the people, and the one who does a deed for Allah -azwj , his Reward would be upon Allah -azwj ’.