- Praise and dispraise of the Worldly Life
- Comparison of this life and the hereafter
- The trivial and finite nature of life in the dunya
- Seeking Allah's pleasure as the ultimate goal in this life
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- The Prophet's (saw) as the perfect role model for generosity
- Other examples of generosity from the sunnah
- Giving for the sake of Allah vs. just giving
- The dangers of miserliness
- Miserliness not limited to wealth alone
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- People of righteousness and piety avoid celebrity
- The inner struggle against the love of prominence
- How the quest for status can destroy one's deen
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
- The root of riya
- Riya in worship as a form of minor shirk
- Levels of riya and when riya is haram, makruh or mubah
- The "hidden riya"
- Evil consequences of riya
- Remedies for riya
- Evidence from the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah on the importance of steadfastness of doing things for the sake of Allah
Reference: Mukhtasar Minhaj Al-Qasidin by ibn Qudamah
