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Glossary Entry

Riya' (Ostentation)

Definition

Performing worship or seeking knowledge to be seen by others; al-Ghazali warns it ruins the seeker's intention from the outset

As understood in the classical tradition of Imam al-Ghazali and the scholars of his school.

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