Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Those who are heedless of their prayer, those who put on a show and withhold what is of little use”

Question:
May Allah reward you. In his other question, he says: I ask you to explain the saying of Allah the Exalted in full.

Answer:
Allah the Exalted said: The explanation of the verse has been given, for *wayl* is a valley in Hellfire, one of the valleys of Hellfire. It is also said that it is a word of punishment and threat. By “those who are heedless of their prayer” are meant those who delay it from its time, as well as those who do not bring their hearts to the prayer; they pray while their hearts are preoccupied with other things. This is being heedless of the prayer: the absence of the heart in it and the lack of humility in it. It also includes delaying the prayer from its time without a valid legal excuse.
“Those who put on a show”: *riya'* is when a person displays obedience, but he does not seek the reward of Allah thereby; rather, he seeks for people to praise him and speak well of him. This is *riya'*. “And they withhold what is of little use”: *ma'un* is a loan. If your Muslim brother needs a loan of a vessel, an axe, or something else, and there is no harm to you in lending it to him, then you lend it to him. If you withhold it in this situation, you are threatened with *wayl*. From this, the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) and others derived that lending is obligatory, because Allah threatened the one who refuses to do so. Yes.