If one fasts for showing off, is his fast invalidated?
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The questioner : Does it become ...?
The Shaykh : Yes, if he fasted for showing off, it is obligatory for him to make it up, because it is invalid.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : All acts of worship, not just Hajj which is one act of worship, and its parts, for example standing at 'Arafah and Muzdalifah, are like bowing and prostration in prayer. Yes, perhaps we would say if he showed off in an obligatory part, perhaps we would say if he showed off in an obligatory part, it does not invalidate the Hajj, and this obligatory part is invalid and is compensated with a sacrifice. Perhaps we would say, and I find this difficult. Yes, O servant of Allah?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It might be so, but it does not benefit him. It is obligatory for him, once the showing off is removed from him, to repeat the act of worship from the beginning. Yes?
The questioner : The showing off is what prompted him to do the deed, but when he reached the deed, did he become sincere?
The Shaykh : This is a question from 'Abd Allah.
The questioner : He became sincere at the beginning, know that.
The Shaykh : Before he started, before he began.
The questioner : Yes, at the beginning...
The Shaykh : The word "with," and the word "after," and the word "before." If it is "with," it is not valid. If it is "after," it is also not valid. If it is "before," it is valid.
The Shaykh : Yes, if he fasted for showing off, it is obligatory for him to make it up, because it is invalid.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : All acts of worship, not just Hajj which is one act of worship, and its parts, for example standing at 'Arafah and Muzdalifah, are like bowing and prostration in prayer. Yes, perhaps we would say if he showed off in an obligatory part, perhaps we would say if he showed off in an obligatory part, it does not invalidate the Hajj, and this obligatory part is invalid and is compensated with a sacrifice. Perhaps we would say, and I find this difficult. Yes, O servant of Allah?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : It might be so, but it does not benefit him. It is obligatory for him, once the showing off is removed from him, to repeat the act of worship from the beginning. Yes?
The questioner : The showing off is what prompted him to do the deed, but when he reached the deed, did he become sincere?
The Shaykh : This is a question from 'Abd Allah.
The questioner : He became sincere at the beginning, know that.
The Shaykh : Before he started, before he began.
The questioner : Yes, at the beginning...
The Shaykh : The word "with," and the word "after," and the word "before." If it is "with," it is not valid. If it is "after," it is also not valid. If it is "before," it is valid.