What is meant by shirk (associating partners with Allah) in intentions and desires?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by shirk (associating partners with Allah) in intentions and desires?
Answer:
Riya' (showing off in worship). For example, you pray and you want the one who sees you to praise you, saying your prayer is good or your voice is good, so that he will praise the quality of your voice or the tranquility in your prayer. Or you do not give charity except so that it is said he is generous. Or you strive in the path of Allah so that it is said he is brave, and so on. May Allah protect us from this. This invalidates the deed that it mixed with, and it is shirk (associating partners with Allah); it is one of the types of minor shirk. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is meant by shirk (associating partners with Allah) in intentions and desires?
Answer:
Riya' (showing off in worship). For example, you pray and you want the one who sees you to praise you, saying your prayer is good or your voice is good, so that he will praise the quality of your voice or the tranquility in your prayer. Or you do not give charity except so that it is said he is generous. Or you strive in the path of Allah so that it is said he is brave, and so on. May Allah protect us from this. This invalidates the deed that it mixed with, and it is shirk (associating partners with Allah); it is one of the types of minor shirk. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [160 -521] ما المراد بالشرك في الإرادات والنيات؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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