The Educational System In Islam

(Ann) #1
Incentives of Ostentation are as follows:


  • Showingoffpietyandvirtuousnessforwinningpeople’srespectand
    veneration.

  • Showingoffforholdingsomereligiouspositions,thetermsofwhich
    are piety and religiousness, such as judiciary and imamate,

  • Showingoffforwinningpeople’sconfidence,andplanningforem-
    bezzling their trusts, or the like.
    OnlythosewhosacrificetheHereafterforworldlyaffairsmaytakethe
    pathofostentation.Theostentatiousindividuals,infact,worshipothers
    besides God, and dress piety as a means of achieving the narrow aims.

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