Is my prayer valid after delaying it past the congregational prayer time due to shyness from friends, and is this action of mine considered showing off (riya’)?
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Your solitary Maghrib prayer is sufficient, for the preponderant opinion among scholars is that congregational prayer is not a condition for the validity of the prayer. And abandoning a righteous deed for the sake of people is showing off (riya'), while performing a deed for the sake of people is polytheism (). We advise you to seek righteous company that guides you to goodness, and to distance yourself from the company of those who do not care about praying in mosques.
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