What is the guidance for one who is shy to pray the witr in the mosque as a single rak'ah in front of people so that they do not disapprove of him?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Another person says: I pray the witr as a single rak'ah in the mosque. If someone who knows me is next to me, I pray it at home, and I may have forgotten it, and I do not pray it in the mosque out of shyness of the person next to me, because I only pray a single rak'ah. Is this showing off (riya')?
Answer:
Do not pay attention to that aspect. Pray the witr as a single rak'ah. If he asks and finds it strange, tell him: This is the witr, my brother.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Another person says: I pray the witr as a single rak'ah in the mosque. If someone who knows me is next to me, I pray it at home, and I may have forgotten it, and I do not pray it in the mosque out of shyness of the person next to me, because I only pray a single rak'ah. Is this showing off (riya')?
Answer:
Do not pay attention to that aspect. Pray the witr as a single rak'ah. If he asks and finds it strange, tell him: This is the witr, my brother.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [199 -521] ما التوجيه فيمن يستحي أن يصلي الوتر في المسجد ركعة واحدة أمام الناس كي لا ينكروا عليه؟ — youtube.com
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