Lesson seventeen :Hypocrisy and affectation

Imam Sadegh( A. S. )said:

لا تُرّاءِ بِعَمَلِكَ مَنْ لَا يُحْيي وَ لا يُمِيْتُ وَ لايُغْنِى عَنْكَ شَيْئا

Translation

Do not do your good deeds for affectation and showing to the people who have no power on life, neither on death, and can not solve any problem for you..

Brief description

All appearances of the life of those who have got used to affectation and hypocrisy become hollow and empty. They are contented with spiritless appearances from civilization, imaginations and illusion from life, only fame from happiness and prosperity, and a series of ceremonies from religion, and surely the affecting people have no gain save appearances! For this reason, Islam strongly criticizes this ugly attribute and says that your destiny in not under control of these people, why do you affect?