The Effect of Repentance on a Good Deed Mixed with Showing Off
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The questioner:
If a good deed is mixed with seeking fame and showing off, and then one repents from this tendency?
The Shaykh:
The fruit of what preceded is invalid if the intention was fixed for it; it is invalid, and what is valid is not valid.
The questioner:
And if he repents, he returns.
The Shaykh:
If he repents, he has nothing [to show for it]; his only hope is that he is forgiven, his only hope is in that sin. If he prays with showing off or recites with showing off and then repents, the repentance erases the sin only, but the deed is invalid.
If a good deed is mixed with seeking fame and showing off, and then one repents from this tendency?
The Shaykh:
The fruit of what preceded is invalid if the intention was fixed for it; it is invalid, and what is valid is not valid.
The questioner:
And if he repents, he returns.
The Shaykh:
If he repents, he has nothing [to show for it]; his only hope is that he is forgiven, his only hope is in that sin. If he prays with showing off or recites with showing off and then repents, the repentance erases the sin only, but the deed is invalid.
Source
شرح الوابل الصيب من الكلم الطيب، مقدمة المُصَنِّف — islamhouse.com (1:22:24)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.