Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:

Showing off may affect worship in three ways:

1 – When the basic motive for worship is to be seen by others, such as one who stands and prays so that people will see him, and so that they will praise him for his prayers. This invalidates the act of worship.

2 – When it is a factor that develops during the act of worship, i.e., if the worshipper is initially sincere in his intention towards Allaah, then the idea of showing off develops whilst he is doing it. In this case one of the following two scenarios must apply:

(i) There is no connection between the first part of his act of worship and the last part, so the first part is valid in all cases, and the last part is invalid.

For example: a man has one hundred riyals that he wants to give in charity, so he gives fifty of them in a sincere act of charity. Then the idea of showing off develops with regard to the remaining fifty. So the first was a sound and accepted act of charity, but the last fifty was an invalid act of charity because the sincerity was mixed with a desire to show off.

(ii) The first part of the act of worship is connected to the last part, in which case one of the following two scenarios must apply:

(a) He wards off the idea of showing off and does not give in to it, rather he turns away from it and hates it. This does not have any effect on him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah has forgiven my ummah for what crosses their minds, so long as they do not act upon it or speak of it.”

(b) When he gives in to this idea of showing off and does not ward it off. In this case the entire act of worship becomes invalid, because the first part is connected to the last part. For example, he starts the prayer with a sincere intention towards Allaah, then the idea of showing off develops in the second rak’ah, so the entire prayer becomes invalid because the first part is connected to the last part.

3 – The idea of showing off develop after the act of worship has ended. This does not affect it or invalidate it, because it has been completed soundly, so if showing off occurs after that it does not affect it.

It is not showing off if a person feels happy that the people come to know about his worship, because this developed after he has finished the act of worship.

It is not showing off if a person feels happy because he has done an act of worship, because that is a sign of his faith. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever feels happy because of his good deeds and sad because of his bad deeds, that is the believer.”

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was asked about that and said: “That is the first glad tidings of the believer.”

Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 2/29, 30.

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So if you are the type that read "qul huwallaahu ahad..." After faatiha in your house, do not read baqarah when people are seeing you, the same baqarah you read with mistakes, but just to show off you read it anyway....

If you must read it, do it for Allaah, a martyr who died at war front against kaafirs will not enter jannah if he did it just to show off how strong he is...

Riya(showing off) is shirk, although its a minor shirk, Allaah musta'aan...


And Allaah knows best.

Jazakallahu khairan

Jazakallahu Khiran.

Just wanted to add that if showing off can go both ways. For example, if a person usually recites a lengthy surah in his salat. He shouldn't shorten it when people are present just because he feels he might be showing off.

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AideeSheks:
Jazakallahu khairan

Contact17:
Jazakallahu Khiran.
Just wanted to add that if showing off can go both ways. For example, if a person usually recites a lengthy surah in his salat. He shouldn't shorten it when people are present just because he feels he might be showing off.

wa iyyakumaa.....

Make I top wetin hajia talk. One of the salafs says, when you in salah and you're in it with sincerity and complete khushoo/tranquil/peaceful, the shaytan comes and tells you, you're showing off, salafs say, prolong ur salat, it remedize it!



Me and my vocabulary ehn!! Hiaaa..which one be 'remedize' again!!!!

lol

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Jazakallahu khairan jazah

Al riya, doing things not for the sake of Allah Sub hanawata' ala but doing it to impress people.
Al riya could be someone who is fighting in a Jihad in order for people to know that he's brave.


Jazakalahu khairan, op.

nice one op,jazakhumllahu akhiran