Standing in Night Prayer with the Fear of Showing Off
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We live together as a group and we want to stand in night prayer and continue until the last person in the house, but we fear showing off (riya'). What should we do?
Answer:
Stand, stand. This is from Shaytan. Shaytan comes to you and says, "Do not stand in prayer, because this involves showing off," to discourage you. No, stand. And if Allah wills, you have nothing to worry about but well-being, and you are not showing off, if Allah wills.
Many people are approached by Shaytan, who tells them, "Do not pray in congregation, because if you pray in congregation, it is showing off." Then he prays in his house. This is from Shaytan. He tells him, "Strive in the path of Allah so that it is not said of you that you are not brave, and so that you are praised, then you become arrogant about yourself, and this becomes showing off." All of this is sowing discord from Shaytan. A person should proceed with good deeds, be sincere to Allah the Exalted, and leave off the whispers. He should stand for night prayer and fast voluntarily, and if Allah wills, he is upon great good.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. We live together as a group and we want to stand in night prayer and continue until the last person in the house, but we fear showing off (riya'). What should we do?
Answer:
Stand, stand. This is from Shaytan. Shaytan comes to you and says, "Do not stand in prayer, because this involves showing off," to discourage you. No, stand. And if Allah wills, you have nothing to worry about but well-being, and you are not showing off, if Allah wills.
Many people are approached by Shaytan, who tells them, "Do not pray in congregation, because if you pray in congregation, it is showing off." Then he prays in his house. This is from Shaytan. He tells him, "Strive in the path of Allah so that it is not said of you that you are not brave, and so that you are praised, then you become arrogant about yourself, and this becomes showing off." All of this is sowing discord from Shaytan. A person should proceed with good deeds, be sincere to Allah the Exalted, and leave off the whispers. He should stand for night prayer and fast voluntarily, and if Allah wills, he is upon great good.
Source
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