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very thirsty!’ etc. This is also showing off that one is fasting and this Ḥadīš applies to it too.
(Mirāt-ul-Manājīḥ, vol. 7, pp. 14 – summarized)
Ṣadr-ush-Sharī’aĥ, Badr-uṭ-Ṭarīqaĥ, ‘Allāmaĥ, Maulānā Muftī Muhammad Amjad ‘Alī A’ẓamī عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی stated in part 16 page 240 of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, published by Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ: ‘If a Farḍ is performed to show off then the Farḍ will be fulfilled but the person will gain no reward for it due to the absence of sincerity.’
As far as fasting is concerned, the statement of some scholars is that it cannot consist of showing off, most probably means that fasting is to abstain from certain things, so there is no action in it that is performed which could be referred to as showing off. However, it is possible for a fasting person to wander about publicising his fast or for him to make a facial expression to show people that he is fasting. In this way showing off can even be involved in fasting.
4. The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلَيْـهِ وَاٰلـِهٖ وَسَـلَّم said on another occasion: Keep avoiding hidden polytheism, which is for a person to perfect his Rukū’ and Sujūd in Ṣalāĥ for people who are watching.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 3, pp. 144, Ḥadīš 3141)
5. A man saw Sayyidunā Shaddād Bin Aws رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ crying and asked, ‘Why are you crying?’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ responded, ‘I heard something from the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم which I remembered and it made me cry.’ (He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ further said) I heard the Greatest and Holiest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم say, ‘I fear hidden polytheism and concealed desires for my Ummaĥ.’ I asked, ‘O the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم will your Ummaĥ
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