Who glorifies God in his prayer with the intention of being amazed by something he saw or heard

Question
What is the ruling on someone who glorifies God in his prayer with the intention of being amazed by something he saw or heard?
Answer

His prayer is invalidated; as narrated by Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: ((The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, sent me while he was heading to Banu al-Mustaliq, so I came to him while he was praying on his camel and spoke to him, and he gestured to me with his hand like this, then I spoke to him again, and he gestured to me like this, and I heard him reciting while nodding his head. When he finished, he said: What did you do regarding what I sent you for? The only thing that prevented me from speaking to you was that I was praying)), in Sahih Muslim 1: 383. See: Durar al-Hukkam 1: 102, and Fath Bab al-Inayah 1: 303.

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