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Hazrat Omar saw a man looking downwards to show piety.
He said to him: O brother, raise up your neck. Humility rests in mind and not on neck. Hazrat Ali said: There are three signs of a man of show - (1) When he remains alone, he shows idleness in divine service and when he remains in the middle of the people, he prays well. (2) When he is praised, Re makes more divine service. (3) When he is back-bited, he makes less divine service. s

What is show? Know, O dear readers, that the real meaning of Riya or show is to show good conduct in order to attract^ respect from the people. Attraction of people's minds by actions except divine services produces power and honour but Riya or show is expressed only in divine service according to habits. To wish to show divine services to the people is named Riya or show. So the religious people are the persons who show Riya.
there are fives modes of expression of show - (1) by outward bodily limbs, (2) by signs and gestures, (3) by words-and actions, (4) by following and (5) by outward causes. The worldly men also express show by these five methods.

(1) First mode. Show is expressed in divine service by outward bodily limbs and organs. A pious man shows to the people that he is making efforts in divine services by adopting yellow colour in appearance, or appearing before the people with dishevelled hairs, or wi^h clothes of yellow colour. Jesus Christ said: When anybody amongst you keeps fast, let him rub oil in his head and apply antimony to his eyes. He advised this to get rid of show.

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(2) Second mode. This mode of show is in demeanours and dresses to appear in dishevelled hairs, to clip off moustaches, to lower head at the time of walking, to walk in pensive and thoughtful mood, to keep signs of prostration on forehead, to put

on coarse cloth, to put on sufi dress, to put on torn cloths. By

these acts, one shows that he is a pious man.

(3) Third mode is show by words. Such a religious man delivers lectures and gives sermons by the verses of the Quran and Hadis after committing them to memory in order to show that he is a great learned man. He takes troubles in Zikr amongst the people and gives advice to the people, prohibits them from evil deeds with anger, expresses great grief for the sins of the people, recites verses of the Quran with sweet tone and expresses show in thousand other ways.

(4) Fourth mode of show is by actions, such as standing very long in prayer and in bending and prostration.

(5) Fifth mode of show is expressed by the excess number of disciples and visitors. Such a man says: Such a great religious

Tnan has come to see me, I have got so many disciples, etc.