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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Ahlul-Bayt; Ethical Role-Models Showiness Showiness stands for seeking high rank and respect of people by flaunting charity: “The hypocrites try to deceive Allah but He, in fact, deceives them. They stand up in prayer lazily just to show that they pray, but, in truth they remember Allah very little. (4:142)” “Whoever desires to meet his Lord should strive righteously and should worship no one besides Him.

(18:110)” “ Like the one who spends his property to show off and who has no faith in Allah or belief in the Day of Judgment. (2:264)” The Prophet (S) said: “A time will come upon people in which their intentions will be evil and their appearances will be deceiving all out of their greediness for the worldly pleasures. Their deeds will not be heartily intended for the sake of Allah. Their religion will be showiness. They will not feel fearful at all.

Then, Allah will inflict upon them with such harsh punishment that they will not be responded even if they pray for Him like the drowned[^1].” The Prophet (S) said: “(On the Day of Resurrection,) some people will be taken to Hell.

The Lord will order Malik[^2] to tell Hell not to burn those individuals’ feet, because they used them for walking to the mosques, not to burn their faces, because they used to perform the (ritual) ablution so perfectly, not to burn their hands, because they used to raise them in supplications, and not to burn their tongues, because they used to recite the Quran very frequently. Then, the angel in charge of Hell will ask them about their manners.

They will answer: We used to do all these things not for the sake of Allah. Hence, we were told to take the rewards of our deeds from those for whom we used to do[^3].” Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: “Any form of showiness is polytheism.

Certainly, he who does something for the sake of people should take the reward from people, but whoever does purely for the sake of Allah will take his reward from Allah[^4].” “As for anyone who keeps secret a good deed, Allah will sooner or later reveal a good reputation for him. As for him who keeps secret an evil, Allah will sooner or later reveal an ill reputation for him[^5].” Categories of Showiness 1.

Showiness of the Belief This category of showiness stands for pretending faith and concealing disbelief. It is hypocrisy, which is the most serious and the gravest danger on Muslims. 2.