To show off is not permissible in Islam - in fact, it is minor shirk. How can we get rid of this attitude? Below from IslamQA compiles some of the things to do to get rid of this problem

Praise be to Allah.

The one who wants to stop himself showing off has to do the following things to rid himself of this problem:

He should remember that Allaah is always watching His slave.

This is the status of ihsaan (perfection in worship) which Jibreel (peace be upon him) mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), which is that you should worship Allaah as if you can see Him, and even though you cannot see Him, He can see you. (Narrated by Muslim, 97).

When a person feels that Allaah is always watching him, what other people think will become insignificant, and this will make him respect and fear only Allaah.

Seeking the help of Allaah to rid himself of the habit of showing off.

Allaah says that the believers should say (interpretation of the meaning):

You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything) [al-Faatihah 1:5].

One of the things that will be of benefit in this matter is seeking the help of Allaah and calling upon Him. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: O people, beware of this shirk (form of polytheism), for it is more subtle than the footsteps of an ant. The one whom Allaah willed should speak said to him, How can we beware of it when it is more subtle than the footsteps of an ant, O Messenger of Allaah? He said, Say, Allaahumma innaa naoodhu bika min an nushrika bika shayan nalamuhu wa nastaghfiruka limaa laa nalam (O Allaah, we seek refuge with You from knowingly associating anything with You, and we seek Your forgiveness for that which we do unknowingly).

(Narrated by Ahmad, 4/403; classed as saheeh (authentic) by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami, 3731).

Knowing the effects of showing off and how it will be judged in the Hereafter.

Not knowing this leads to one falling into this sin or persisting in it. One should realize that showing off destroys all one's actions (i.e., cancels out the reward), and that it brings the wrath of Allaah. The wise person does not waste his energy in doing things that do not bring any reward, let alone deeds that bring the wrath and anger of Allaah.

One of the greatest ahaadeeth (prophetic narrations)concerning the punishment in the Hereafter of those who show off is the following, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

When the Day of Resurrection comes, Allaah, may He be blessed and exalted, will come down to judge between His slaves, and every nation will be kneeling. The first ones to be called forth will be a man who learned the Quraan by heart, a man who fought for the sake of Allaah, and a man who had a lot of wealth. Allaah will say to the Quraan-reader, Did I not teach you that which I revealed to My Messenger? He will say, Yes, O Lord. He will say, What did you do with that which I taught you? He will say, I used to read it night and day. Allaah will say to him, You have lied, and the angels will say to him, You have lied. Allaah will say, Rather you wanted it to be said that So and so is a reader of Quraan, and that is what was said. Then the wealthy man will be brought forth, and Allaah will say to him, Did I not give you ample provision so that I did not leave you in need of anybody? He will say, Yes, O Lord. He will say, What did you do with that which I gave you? He will say, I used to uphold the ties of kinship and give in charity. Allaah will say to him, You have lied, and the angels will say to him, You have lied. Allaah will say, Rather you wanted it to be said that So and so is generous, and that is what was said. Then the one who was killed for the sake of Allaah (apparently) will be brought forth and Allaah will say to him, Why were you killed? He will say, I was commanded to fight in Jihaad (battle) for Your sake, so I fought until I was killed. Allaah will say to him, You have lied, and the angels will say to him, You have lied. Allaah will say, You wanted it to be said that So and so was courageous, and that is what was said. Then the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) struck my knee and said, O Abu Hurayrah, these three are the first of the creation of Allaah who will be dragged into the Fire on the Day of Resurrection.

(Narrated and classed as hasan (sound)by al-Tirmidhi, 2382; classed as saheeh by Ibn Hibbaan, 408, and Ibn Khuzaymah, 2482).

Thinking about the punishment in this world for showing off

Just as there will be a punishment in the Hereafter for showing off, so too there is a punishment for it in this world, which is that Allaah will expose him and make his bad intentions known to others. This is one of the interpretations of the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him):

Whoever shows off, Allaah will expose him. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 6134; Muslim; 2986).

Ibn Hajar said: al-Khattaabi said, this means: whoever does something that is not sincerely for the sake of Allaah, merely wanting people to see him and hear him, will be punished for that Allaah will expose him and make known what he is concealing.

It was said that whoever does something with the intention of gaining status and prestige among people, and does not seek the Face of Allaah by doing it, Allaah will make him the subject of bad speech among the people in whose eyes he wanted to gain status, and he will have no reward for it in the Hereafter. (Fath al-Baari, 11/336)

Concealing worship and not making a display of it

The further away a person gets from places where his worship can be seen, the safer he is from showing off. Whoever looks for places where people gather, the Shaytaan makes him keen to show off his worship so that they will praise him for it.

The acts of worship which should be hidden are those which are not obligatory or those in which it is not the Sunnah to do them openly, such as Qiyaam al-Layl (night prayer), and giving charity, and the like. This does not apply to calling the Adhaan (call to prayer),praying in congregation and other things which cannot and should not according to shareeah (Islamic law) be hidden.

We ask Allaah to make our words and deeds sincere, and to forgive us for what we commit of showing off. May Allaah bless our Prophet Muhammad.

Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

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its not easy at all

I wish all the Muslim brothers peace and safety this week

But na Arabs men be the ogas of show off.

Before you quote me, I know Arab is an ethnic group, 95% of arabs are Muslims...Reason I used Arab men as an example.

When news broke that PSG had signed Messi...

I took a picture of 3 of my jerseys from different eras and posted it.

I deleted it minutes later because I was just like " Oh, so you want to show off you have been a lifelong supporter? What do you gain from that?"

Yes, I can say it here because it's anonymous and faceless.

A friend of mine too posted a perfume called Boadicea Complex worth $240 on her WhatsApp status...

The only reasons for these things is to usually say " Yes I better pass you"

This was Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi's) undoing.

KingOfAllIgbos:
When news broke that PSG had signed Messi...

I took a picture of 3 of my jerseys from different eras and posted it.

I deleted it minutes later because I was just like " Oh, so you want to show off you have been a lifelong supporter? What do you gain from that?"

Are you for real?

Just a question

May Allah forgive us our sins & protect us from the evils of fake news media and their islamphobia agenda. Ameen.

ruggedtimi:
But na Arabs be the ogas of show off

Arabic is a language. Not a religion sir/ma

Thank you

Let's take a minute to say a prayer for those in Afghanistan and Arewastan. They are suffering from the consequences of Islamic terrorism and they need our prayers.

Szilard:


Are you for real?

Just a question

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Trumann:
Let's take a minute to say a prayer for those in Afghanistan and Arewastan. They are suffering from the consequences of Islamic Bad people terrorism and they need our prayers.

Fixed

ruggedtimi:
But na Arabs be the ogas of show off

Says who? Obviously you haven't been to an Arab country.

Do you know how many billions of naira Arabs send to this country yearly? The money is used to build wells in remote areas and even in cities. I'm talking about people's personal money not government charity agencies.

Yet, no media says a thing about it. An easy example is the official corpers lodge of Abeokuta, Ogun state, there are two wells there and both were made by Arabs. Both Muslim and christian corpers benefit from the well. People even come from neighbouring communities to fetch from the well.

In the end, it's still hate, bigotry and jealousy Nigerian Christians use to repay.

MaleoPearls:

Arabic is a language. Not a religion sir/ma

Thank you

no be Arabs get Islam... indirectly you should know what I mean

ruggedtimi:
But na Arabs be the ogas of show off

Arab is just an ethnic tribe and not the religion Islam. Don't look at Arabs to judge.

MaleoPearls:
Fixed

ISIS, Taliban, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, ISIL, all muslims.

kamaldin:


Arab is just an ethnic tribe and not the religion Islam. Don't look at Arabs to judge.

baba I know Arab is an ethnic group.... arabic language is taught in islam sch. Omo you should know what I meant when I said "Arabs na show off pass". 95% of arabs are Muslims...

beardedboy:


Says who? Obviously you haven't been to an Arab country.

Do you know how many billions of naira Arabs send to this country yearly? The money is used to build wells in remote areas and even in cities. I'm talking about people's personal money not government charity agencies.

Yet, no media says a thing about it. An easy example is the official corpers lodge of Abeokuta, Ogun state, there are two wells there and both were made by Arabs. Both Muslim and christian corpers benefit from the well. People even come from neighbouring communities to fetch from the well.

In the end, it's still hate, bigotry and jealousy Nigerian Christians use to repay.

showing off is not only showing your philanthropy works. So many rich men are involved in one / two philanthropy project but nobody hears shit. Showing off here I meant luxury lifestyle.
The Arabs are baba for showing off luxury lifestyle.

beardedboy:

Says who? Obviously you haven't been to an Arab country.

Do you know how many billions of naira Arabs send to this country yearly? The money is used to build wells in remote areas and even in cities. I'm talking about people's personal money not government charity agencies.

Yet, no media says a thing about it. An easy example is the official corpers lodge of Abeokuta, Ogun state, there are two wells there and both were made by Arabs. Both Muslim and christian corpers benefit from the well. People even come from neighbouring communities to fetch from the well.

In the end, it's still hate, bigotry and jealousy Nigerian Christians use to repay.

What is this one saying? You Muslims behave very terribly to yourselves and others. During the refugee crisis in Syria and other places, other muslim countries refused taking refugees from muslim countries. Saudi, Qatar, Iran, UAE, etc, they shut their doors against fellow Muslims. You only see Muslims come together when they want to destroy something.

In the places ravaged by Muslim terrorists in the North, you will never see Muslim NGOs there. All the NGOs there are Christian NGOs from Christian countries. Muslims obviously have chosen sides since they refuse to help victims of Boko Haram.

Trumann:


What is this one saying? You Muslims behave very terribly to yourselves and others. During the refugee crisis in Syria and other places, other muslim countries refused taking refugees from muslim countries. Saudi, Qatar, Iran, UAE, etc, they shut their doors against fellow Muslims. You only see Muslims come together when they want to destroy something.

In the places ravaged by Muslim terrorists in the North, you will never see Muslim NGOs there. All the NGOs there are Christian NGOs from Christian countries. Muslims obviously have chosen sides since they refuse to help victims of Boko Haram.

Baseless argument. As usual, you're only regurgitating what your slave masters fed you.

ruggedtimi:
showing off is not only showing your philanthropy works. So many rich men are involved in one / two philanthropy project but nobody hears shit. Showing off here I meant luxury lifestyle.
The Arabs are baba for showing off luxury lifestyle.

Luxury lifestyle isn't showoff. If someone has money, shouldn't he spend it again?

For every one Arab that hits headline for luxury lifestyle, hundreds of western models, musicians, footballers, business men etc have made headlines.

So quite the false narrative.

beardedboy:

Baseless argument. As usual, you're only regurgitating what your slave masters fed you

Look at this dirty terrorist. You are a dirty kaffir who can't even be allowed to lead prayers in Mecca. Muslims don't help other Muslims, that is why your fellow Muslims in Afghanistan are running to Christian countries to escape from their fellow Muslims.
In the North, you Muslims have refused to help Muslims suffering from the effects of Boko Haram. Why? What are Muslims doing to help victims of Boko haram?

Trumann:
This was Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi's) undoing.

was he not a Gucci super model?

Trumann:


Look at this dirty terrorist. You are a dirty kaffir who can't even be allowed to lead prayers in Mecca. Muslims don't help other Muslims, that is why your fellow Muslims in Afghanistan are running to Christian countries to escape from their fellow Muslims.
In the North, you Muslims have refused to help Muslims suffering from the effects of Boko Haram. Why? What are Muslims doing to help victims of Boko haram?

You're so engrossed in your hate, bitterness and bigotry that you're just typing without checking to see if you make sense or not.

Look at your last paragraph, for example. You already made an affirmation then you went ahead to ask if the affirmation is right or wrong. No sane person does that.

I can feel the fire of hate burning in your heart. Take a deep breathe for four seconds, hold it for four seconds then breath out for another four seconds.

Repeat that four times then comeback and read what you read. You'll realize how senseless your post is.

The Europeans had missionaries, The Arabs had Islam, they preached both the gospel and hate against the opposite belief, that’s how we got here, sometimes I imagine Nigeria without a foreign religion, it would have been paradise of culture and traditions

beardedboy:


You're so engrossed in your hate, bitterness and bigotry that you're just typing without checking to see if you make sense or not.

I can feel the fire of hate burning in your heart. Take a deep breathe for four seconds, hold it for four seconds then breath out for another four seconds.

Repeat that four times then comeback and read what you read. You'll realize how senseless your post is.

It is your mother with hijab on her head that is senseless, foolish baby terrorist.
Mention 3 Muslim NGOs in the North helping victims of Islamic terrorists and I will mention 10. You Muslims shamelessly support terrorists and try to play victim. Look at Gumi and the idiot in MURIC.
Even the Muslims in Arab countries always fight themselves and never assist Muslims in distress.

Trumann:


It is your mother with hijab on her head that is senseless, foolish baby terrorist.
Mention 3 Muslim NGOs in the North helping victims of Islamic terrorists and I will mention 10. You Muslims shamelessly support terrorists and try to play victim. Look at Gumi and the idiot in MURIC.
Even the Muslims in Arab countries always fight themselves and never assist Muslims in distress.

Typical Nigerian Christian; irrational, hateful, bigoted, brainwashed, dogmatic and the list goes on.