What does Al-ryaʾ mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ryaʾ (رياء) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-ryaʾ

Al-ryaʾ according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Abandoning sincerity in the work, regarding in it other than God.

Al-ryaʾ according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

The increase of the good work over the customary, to draw people's regard; hence it is conceivable in prayer and not in fasting; yet it is conceivable in the number of fasting. In another formulation: riya' is abandoning sincerity in the work, regarding in it other than God.

Al-ryaʾ according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

The act whose aim is being seen by creatures, heedless of the Creator and blind to Him; mentioned by al-Hurali.

Al-ryaʾ according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

Abandoning sincerity in the work, regarding in it other than God, or doing good for the will of another.

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