Or, for example: It is a cold day and the person wishes to...

Or, for example: It is a cold day and the person wishes to have his obligatory Friday bath and use a public bath to warm his body as well. These acts are devoid of sincerity. If you wish that your actions are absolutely sincere, then there should not be any element of mental pleasure in them. Supplement of any act is permissible ( Mubah ), if it assumes the status of collateral act in perpetuity; otherwise it voids the spirit of the act.

By sincerity ( Ikhlas ) we mean that there is no supplementary or subsidiary purpose. For example: if one has to perform his obligatory bath and he combines it with a swim or a visit to the public bath, then the person has, in reality, two intents, and the obligatory bath in this case goes void! Praise and Appreciation of People It is a very delicate situation. One should seek Allah (S.w.T.) protection.

Sometimes man remains insensitive and with one word of worldly praise he forgets Allah (S.w.T.) and spoils his Hereafter. He doesn't strike a deal with Allah (S.w.T.) for perpetual welfare, but for some worldly praise he dedicates himself to the mundane ends. Worse than this is the ambitious person who is not satisfied if he gets the Du’a al-Maghfirat (prayer for Deliverance) after his death but wants people to remember him thereafter and sing his praises.

He will be so much engrossed in the love for fame that even after his death people will praise him. A good name after the death of a person is useful. But the purpose in his lifetime must have been only getting the pleasure of Allah (S.w.T.) with his good deeds and not for the search of name and fame. If the person had ulterior designs while doing good deeds, however much the world praised him, his Hereafter will not be good. Is Praise Beneficial?

If a person is amoral and because of some misapprehension people admire and praise him, will it in anyway benefit him to the extent of the point of a needle or reduce his retribution to the extent? Of what use is the popularity a person enjoyed in this world when he is in purgatory ( Barzakh) . When a person is in the angelic plane of existence ( Aalam al-Malkut ) what relationship will he have with the physical plane of existence ( Aalam al-Mulk ) that have different traits of character?

If the person has departed from here with the felicity of Iman , and was virtuous and sincere in his life, then his actions were for Allah (S.w.T.) rather than for worldly fame.