Pakistan Ramazan: Show-off destroys virtue, says Noorani

Good deeds should be for attaining acceptance of Allah Almighty instead of gaining popularity, he says.

KARACHI:

Deeds depend on the intentions, said Khateeb Ahle Sunnat and Sawade Azam Ahle Sunnat Haqiqi Maulana Kokab Noorani, while quoting a famous tradition of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

“Good deeds should be for attaining the acceptance of Allah Almighty instead of gaining popularity or any other worldly benefits,” he said.

Noorani was speaking during the special transmission of Ramazan Pakistan hosted by Allama Nisar Ali Ujagar. The topic of the discussion was ‘Knowledge, Practice, and Sincerity’.

Noorani said boasts about righteousness destroy good deeds. “We should be overt in fulfilling the obligations and covert in nawafil,” he said elaborating that people do not perform the compulsory religious obligations or faraiz as there is nothing to show off about them, but they do extend their limits when there is a chance to show off piety.

“We have emptied our lives of duties assigned by the Almighty and filled our bags with pomp and splendour,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 7^th, 2014.