What is the ruling on one who prays in the first row for forty years, then discovers that his motivation was for people and not for Allah Almighty, and does the verse apply to him: "Say, shall We inform you of the greatest losers as to their deeds?"
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Sincerity in worship of Allah alone is the essence of religion. The status of sincerity, the danger of showing off (riya'), and the means of achieving it have been previously explained in prior fatwas.
For further information, one may refer to the book "Ta'teer al-Anfas min al-" (Perfuming the Souls from the Hadith of Sincerity) by Dr. Sayyid al-Affani.
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