Leaving the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) out of fear of showing off (riya')
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Question:
This brother, the questioner Abu Sami'an, says: Honorable Shaykh, I am afraid of showing off (riya'), so I leave off some of the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) in the mosque out of fear of this. This matter has been pursuing me, so what are the means that help one get rid of it?
Answer:
This is from Shaytan. Yes, the fear of showing off in worship is good; you fear showing off in worship and do not praise yourself, that is good. But to abandon an act of worship because of the fear of showing off in worship, that is from Shaytan. Do the work and be sincere to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
This brother, the questioner Abu Sami'an, says: Honorable Shaykh, I am afraid of showing off (riya'), so I leave off some of the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) in the mosque out of fear of this. This matter has been pursuing me, so what are the means that help one get rid of it?
Answer:
This is from Shaytan. Yes, the fear of showing off in worship is good; you fear showing off in worship and do not praise yourself, that is good. But to abandon an act of worship because of the fear of showing off in worship, that is from Shaytan. Do the work and be sincere to Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/265 — archive.org (17:29)
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