Uncovering the head in prayer, eating in the streets, and their effect on a witness’s integrity

The questioner:
The questioner asks: Is uncovering the head for a Muslim when he attends prayer, and also eating in the streets, considered a violation of dignity and a defect in his integrity such that his testimony is not accepted on that basis?

The Shaykh:
Uncovering the head in prayer is permissible, but covering it is better. It is permissible for him to uncover his head in prayer, as it is part of adornment. Allah the Exalted said: meaning at every prayer. Adornment is of two types: obligatory, which is covering the 'awrah (part of the body that must be covered), and recommended, which is beautifying oneself for prayer by covering the head and the like. So it must be known that whatever a person beautifies himself with in prayer is better, whereas covering the 'awrah is obligatory, and the prayer is not valid without it.

The questioner:
He asks: Is that, and eating in the streets, considered a violation of dignity?

The Shaykh:
It depends on the custom, according to the custom of the country. And now the streets have restaurants and cafes, and the custom has changed now. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,