Allah says in the Quran That indeed the hypocrites are trying to deceive Allah but they are in reality deceiving themselves So when a specific ibadah is being described in a way that is not being accepted in the court of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And taking the most important ibadah in the life of a believer which is his prayers and salah Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is indicating towards all the actions which are supposed to be done for the sake of Allah azza wa jal On the Day of Judgment when a person did an action without or against the sincerity against the ikhlas then Allah Azza wa Jal will order him to go and collect the reward from those people who you have done it for So when you will stand up that I have assuming that I have done so many good actions and today I will be compensated and rewarded for them Allah says you will you did not do this for my sake One is that a person is only doing it to show someone else that he is doing When you are doing an action with the intention of pleasing someone else that's against ikhlas and that's part of riya