Questions about showing off in worship are frequent: Is the default for a Muslim to be sincere, or might he be afflicted with some of these matters?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Questions about showing off in worship are frequent, Shaykh Salih. Is the default for a Muslim to be sincere, or might he be afflicted with some of these matters? The default for a Muslim is to be sincere.
Answer:
to Allah the Exalted. Praise be to Allah. But something of showing off in worship may befall him. Thank Allah and seek help from Allah. However, he is required to repel it if something of that befalls him or if he is aware of it. He repels it and leaves it, and it will not harm him, if Allah wills.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Questions about showing off in worship are frequent, Shaykh Salih. Is the default for a Muslim to be sincere, or might he be afflicted with some of these matters? The default for a Muslim is to be sincere.
Answer:
to Allah the Exalted. Praise be to Allah. But something of showing off in worship may befall him. Thank Allah and seek help from Allah. However, he is required to repel it if something of that befalls him or if he is aware of it. He repels it and leaves it, and it will not harm him, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تكثر الأسئلة عن الرياء، هل الأصل في المسلم أن يكون مخلصا أو قد ينتابه بعض الأمور؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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