He said, ‘And what is the remaining upon the deed?
He said, ‘And what is the remaining upon the deed?’ Imam -asws said: ‘The man maintains relationships by helping (a relative) and he spends an expenditure for the Sake of Allah -azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him -azwj , so a secretive good deed is recorded for him. Then he mentions it and it gets Deleted, and an open good deed is recorded for him. Then he mentions it (again), and it so it is erased and a showing-off is recorded for him’.
[9] عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص سُئِلَ فِيمَا النَّجَاةُ غَداً فَقَالَ: النَّجَاةُ أَنْ لَا تُخَادِعُوا اللَّهَ فَيَخْدَعَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يُخَادِعِ اللَّهَ يَخْدَعْهُ وَ يَخْلَعْ مِنْهُ الْإِيمَانَ وَ نَفْسَهُ يَخْدَعُ لَوْ يَشْعُرُ From Mas’ada Bin Ziyad, (It has been narrated) from Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws father -asws that Rasool-Allah -saww was asked, ‘In what would be the salvation tomorrow?’ So, he -saww said: ‘The salvation is that you do not seek to deceive Allah -azwj , so He -azwj would Deceive you, for the one who seeks to deceive Allah -azwj , He -azwj would Deceive him by Isolating the Eman from him, and he would be deceiving himself if only he was aware (of it)’.
فَقِيلَ لَهُ: فَكَيْفَ يُخَادِعُ اللَّهَ قَالَ: يَعْمَلُ بِمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يُرِيدُ بِهِ غَيْرَهُ، فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ فَاجْتَنِبُوا الرِّيَاءَ فَإِنَّهُ شِرْكٌ بِاللَّهِ، إِنَّ الْمُرَائِيَ يُدْعَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَسْمَاءٍ: يَا كَافِرُ، يَا فَاجِرُ، يَا غَادِرُ، يَا خَاسِرُ، حُبِطَ عَمَلُكَ وَ بَطَلَ أَجْرُكَ، وَ لَا خَلَاقَ لَكَ الْيَوْمَ- فَالْتَمِسْ أَجْرَكَ مِمَّنْ كُنْتَ تَعْمَلُ لَهُ It was said to him -saww , ‘So how does one seek to deceive Allah -azwj ?’ He -saww said: ‘He does what Allah -azwj has Commanded him to, then he intends someone else with it.
Therefore, fear Allah -azwj and keep aside from the showing off, for it is Shirk (association) with Allah -azwj . The shower off would be called on the Day of Judgment by four names – O Kafir! O Immoral! O deceiver! O loser!’ Your deeds are hereby confiscated and your Recompense is invalidated, and there is no share for you today’’.