Does rejoicing in people’s praise of you for performing an act of worship detract from sincerity?

Question : If a person is sincere about something at the beginning, his face may light up, but then he may hear people’s praise or their talk about him, and something of that may enter his heart.

Answer : This does no harm. It does no harm for a person to rejoice in people’s praise of him after performing an act of worship; rather, this is part of the immediate glad tidings for the believer that people praise him for his worship. The harm lies in comparing the worship to something else, either before it or during it, but after it is completed, there is no harm.