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'''Riyaʾ''' (Arabic: {{ia|الرياء}}) means showing off and pretending to do good actions, without having the real intention for doing it. It is mentioned in | '''Riyaʾ''' (Arabic: {{ia|الرياء}}) means showing off and pretending to do good actions, without having the real intention for doing it. It is mentioned five times in [[Qur'an]] . Riya' in [[worship]] means that one worships not for [[God]], but intends to show off. | ||
According to [[verse]]s of the Qur'an, riya' in [[prayer]] is among the characteristics of hypocrites and a sign of [[hypocrisy]]. Riya' is | According to [[verse]]s of the Qur'an, riya' in [[prayer]] is among the characteristics of hypocrites and a sign of [[hypocrisy]]. Riya' is haram and invalidates the action. | ||
== | == Terminology == | ||
Riya' is derived from the root "Ra-Aa-Ya" meaning that a person does an action to attract people's attention. It is also used meaning "to pretend and show off to others". The meaning of riya' in religious context is that a person does a good action to pretend and show off to people, not for the sake of God. Riya' may happen both in worship such as in | Riya' is derived from the root "Ra-Aa-Ya" meaning that a person does an action to attract people's attention. It is also used meaning "to pretend and show off to others". The meaning of riya' in religious context is that a person does a good action to pretend and show off to people, not for the sake of God. Riya' may happen both in worship such as in prayer and also in other than worship such as in [[infaq]] ["giving"]. | ||
== In the Qur'an == | == In the Qur'an == | ||
The word riya' is mentioned five times in the Qur'an: three times as infinitive and twice as verb and in all the five times, it has been used in religious usage. | The word riya' is mentioned five times in the Qur'an: three times as infinitive and twice as verb and in all the five times, it has been used in religious usage. | ||
* Riya' in infaq: "O you who have faith! Do not render your charities void by reproaches and affronts, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and have no faith in Allah and the Last Day." (2: 264) | * Riya' in infaq: "O you who have faith! Do not render your charities void by reproaches and affronts, like those who spend their wealth to be seen by people and have no faith in [[Allah]] and the [[Last Day]]." ([[Qur'an 2]]:264) | ||
* Riya' in fighting with the enemy: "Do not be like those who left their homes vainly and to show off to the people, and to bar [other people] from the way of Allah" (8:47) In this verse, God considered pride and riya' among the drawbacks of power in battlefields. | * Riya' in fighting with the enemy: "Do not be like those who left their homes vainly and to show off to the people, and to bar [other people] from the way of Allah" ([[Qur'an 8]]:47) In this verse, God considered pride and riya' among the drawbacks of power in battlefields. | ||
* Riya' as an independent concept: "those who show off" (107:6) | * Riya' as an independent concept: "those who show off" ([[Qur'an 107]]:6) | ||
== Who are they == | == Who are they == | ||