Honoring people in the home with the intention of praising them or for a benefit
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A person honors people in his home, and his intention is for people to praise him, or for a benefit he receives from them. Does he act upon this intention, which is honoring them?
Answer:
If this is in the category of feeding the hungry, being generous, and it is the person's natural disposition to be generous, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if this is not his custom, and he is putting on a show, intending to put on a show before people, then this is not permissible for a Muslim. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A person honors people in his home, and his intention is for people to praise him, or for a benefit he receives from them. Does he act upon this intention, which is honoring them?
Answer:
If this is in the category of feeding the hungry, being generous, and it is the person's natural disposition to be generous, then there is nothing wrong with it. But if this is not his custom, and he is putting on a show, intending to put on a show before people, then this is not permissible for a Muslim. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 01-05-1435هـ — af.org.sa (1:03:16)
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