Allah ﷻ does not want your actions done for showing off

Benefit:

Chapter: What has come concerning showing off

And His statement:

قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌۖ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ لِقَآءَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلًا صَٰلِحًا وَلَا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَحَدًۢا

“Say, “I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord – let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.” [Al-Kahf: 110]

And from Abi Hurairah Marfoo’ he said: “Allaah ﷻ said:

قالَ اللَّهُ تَبارَكَ وتَعالَى: أنا أغْنَى الشُّرَكاءِ عَنِ الشِّرْكِ، مَن عَمِلَ عَمَلًا أشْرَكَ فيه مَعِي غيرِي، تَرَكْتُهُ وشِرْكَهُ.

“I am the most self-sufficient from having patners. So whoever does an action associating with it me with other than me I disregard it and his partner.” [Reported by Muslim]

In it are Masaa’il (topics):

The First: Tafseer Ayatul-Kahf.

The Second: The great affair in the rejection of a righteous action if anything for other than Allaah enters it.

The Third: Mentioning the cause which necessitates that, and it is completeness in self-sufficiency.

The Fourth: That from the causes is that Allaah is the better of the partners.

The Fifth: The fear of the Prophet ﷺ of showing off upon his companions.

The Sixth: That he explained it for a person to pray for Allaah, but he beautifies due to what he sees of another person looking at him.

Benefited from: Shaykh, the Allamah, the Trustworthy Advisor, Abu Abdirrahman Yahya bin Ali Al-Hajuri – may Allah preserve him.

Source: https://t.me/sh_yahia_duroos/12698

Translated by: Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Omar bin Yahya Al-‘Akawi