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MORE ABOUT OSTENTATION BEING POLYTHEISM
Mishkat al-Masabih : 5334
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 5334
وَعَن مَحْمُود بن لبيد أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ الشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ» قالول: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ؟ قَالَ: «الرِّيَاءُ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ. وَزَادَ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي «شُعَبِ الْإِيمَانِ»: " يَقُولُ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ يُجَازِي الْعِبَادَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ: اذْهَبُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ كُنْتُمْ تُرَاؤُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَانْظُرُوا هَلْ تَجِدُونَ عِنْدَهُمْ جَزَاءً وَخَيْرًا؟ "
Sayyiduna Mahmud ibn Labid رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Surely, the most fearful thing which I ask you to fear (O Muslims) is polytheism of the lesser degree." They (the sahabah رضي الله عنه ) asked him, "O Messenger of Allah, what is the polytheism of the lesser degree?" He said, "Riya (ostentation)' (or, ostentation)." (1) According to Bayhaqi's addition: "Allah will say to them on the day when the creatures will be recompensed for their deeds, 'Go to those before whom you were ostentatious in the world. Then, see: do you find with them reward or any good (for you).' [2]
[2] (The addition included) Bayhaqi Shu'ab ul-eeman # 1831 and (without the addition) Musnad AhmadReference : Mishkat al-Masabih 5334In-book reference : Book 26, Hadith 180
