Reverse Riyaa: When Fear of Showing Off Keeps You From Doing Good

About this episode

This episode discusses the concept of reverse riyaa, where fear of judgment prevents individuals from doing good deeds.

Send us Fan Mail There is a version of riyaa nobody talks about. It is the person who stops doing good entirely because they are afraid of what people will think. Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef (rahimahullah) called this reverse riyaa, and it's far more common in our community than we admit. We have been beaten down by enough trolls and haters that collective silence has started to feel like sincerity. In this episode, Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef unpack what it actually means t...

Topics covered

• reverse riyaa
• fear of showing off
• doing good
• community challenges
• sincerity

Keywords

• reverse riyaa
• doing good
• fear of judgment
• community
• sincerity

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