Is a person's wish to become like someone who has memorized the Quran and Hadith and is a scholar considered ostentation (riya)?
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Wishing to memorize the Book of Allah and the of His Messenger is a righteous aspiration if the intention is to draw closer to Allah. This is not considered ostentation (riya); rather, it is a form of emulation (ghibta), which is when a person wishes that they possessed the same good and virtue as another. If emulation is regarding something praiseworthy, then it is itself praiseworthy.
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