Fudayl ibn Iyaad : Riya [ showing off minor or major shirk]
Channel: Khalid Green
Date: 2018-09-14

I came across a statement of Fudayl ibn Iyaad : "Giving up a good deed for the sake of people is also showing off, and doing it for the sake of people is shirk"

However I don't understand the second part of it where he says "and doing it [a good deed] for the sake of people is shirk". Because isn't that riya? For example if a person makes du'a just because he wants to show off to someone watching him, so technically he has done this du'a for the sake of another person, and thats usually classified as riya, however Fudayl ibn Iyaad calls it shirk. Does he mean major shirk or minor shirk? 

And is there any explanation you can give, or send me to, regarding this statement and the two types of shirk he mentions. And why does he differentiate between riya and shirk even though the second part seems like riya also.

Like for example : if a person gives sadaqah in the masjid and he does it for the sake of people, has he fallen in to riya or major shirk? I always thought it would be riya, but now this statement has me confused.