The Effect of Showing Off When It Mixes with the Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If showing off (riya') mixes with the prayer, is the prayer invalidated?
Answer:
If it is slight, the prayer is not invalidated. But if it is much and his heart is not present in it, it suffices in appearance, but it does not suffice in reality. Yes, he is not ordered to repeat it because he prayed, but with Allah he will have no reward except for the portion in which his heart was present, humbling himself before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If showing off (riya') mixes with the prayer, is the prayer invalidated?
Answer:
If it is slight, the prayer is not invalidated. But if it is much and his heart is not present in it, it suffices in appearance, but it does not suffice in reality. Yes, he is not ordered to repeat it because he prayed, but with Allah he will have no reward except for the portion in which his heart was present, humbling himself before Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (1:10:33)
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