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There's a very powerful Hadith that shows us the dangers of showing off your good deeds to other people.

And that is the Hadith reported in Bukhadi and Muslim, in which we learn that the very first people who will be called to task on the day of judgment.

And the very first people who will be rewarded or punished on the day of judgment will be the half of the Quran, the martyr, the Shahid, and the one who gave of his money all the time for the sake of Allah.

These are the first three people whom Allah will call in front of him.

And as everybody is looking at them, they will think Allah is honoring them. Allah is rewarding them. Allah will give them the first share of the pie of Jannah.

So Allah will ask this half ill. Why did you memorize the Quran and why did you recite at these gatherings and at these messages? Why did you go and do this?

So the half ill will stand up with pride and he will say, oh Allah, I did it to bring honor to your book. I did it for the Isza of the religion, for the glory of the religion.

I did it for your sake, oh Allah, and Allah will say, Kalebta, you're lying. And the angels will agree and say, you are lying.

And the books will be barred forth and it will be clear that his intention, Allah will say, your intention was not to please me.

You recited the Quran so that people would call you Qadi Hafishikh and they did. So get your reward from them.

And then the second person, the martyr, the one who waged a legitimate expedition and he gave his life for the cause of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala.

He will be asked, why did you spend your life in the way of Allah and the man will say, because I wanted to bring help to the religion.

I wanted to bring al-Karima, as we call it, or bringing help to Islam, glory to Islam. I wanted to defend the religion, defend the weakness and the homeless and the poor.

I did it for your sake, oh Allah, and Allah will once again say, Kalebta, you're lying. And the angels will testify you're lying.

And Allah will say, you only did it so that people could call you Mashallah Mujahid, Mashallah brave man, Mashallah you've done so much.

And the people did. You got your reward from them, none from me. And the same with the third person, that he will say, I gave of my money to be a generous person for your religion.

And Allah will say, you only did it so that you could be known in the community, so that people would call you generous. And that is exactly what they did.

And then Allah will punish these three in front of all of the creation and they will be the very first people to enter the fire of Allah.

And Abu Huraira was listening to this Hadith and the Prophet, the Prophet, the Prophet, tapped his knee. And he said, Ya Abba Huraira, these are the first three people who will taste the fire of hell.

The Hafeel and Qadi. And in one way, it says the scholar and the orator. May Allah, as the word, protect all of us.

And the one who is a Shahid, the martyr, and the third one is the one who is generous. Why? Because their intentions were not correct.

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