Treatment of Obstention
Ethicists mention a number of matters that eliminate this virulent
defect.
- The ostentatious shouldclearthe incentives of ostentation, suchas
the fondness of praise and greediness in people’s amenities. - Theostentatiousshouldregardtheblightsandcalamitiesthatareres-
ulted from ostentation, suchas the corruption of the deeds and God’s
scorn. - Theostentatiousshouldconsiderthatpeople’spraiseandconfidence
would not improve the livelihood, since sustenance is God’s concern,
andthatwhoeverseekssustenancefromotherthanGodwillgainnoth-
ing but humility and decline. - Theostentatiousshouldconcernthegriefandthelackoftranquility
that affect them because of presuming people’s emotions and trends.
They should alsoremark that nothingwould pleasepeople who have
contradictingopinionsandtendencies.Thiswillsurely bringabout the
most intolerable suffering and heartache and deprive of any profit. - The ostentatious should consider that God will sooneror later di-
vulgetheillintendmentsandunveiltheactualityinthisworldorinthe
Hereafter.Thus,noprofitisgainedfromthedeceptiveefforts.Theosten-
tatiouswillsurely getridof theirillhabits iftheyconsiderthesetreat-
ments carefully.