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Is it considered showing off (riya') if one tidies and cleans the home and clothes with the intention of pleasing Allah, and then seeking people's praise?

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“Showing off” (riya’) is performing an act of worship while being mindful of other than Allah, or informing people about it, or loving for them to discover it for a worldly aim, or seeking status in people’s hearts by displaying acts of worship, or desiring worldly benefit through an act of the Afterlife or its means. Therefore, a person’s attention to their cleanliness and good appearance so that people may praise them does not fall under riya’ because these are normal matters.

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