Fatwa ID: 07954

 

Answered by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

 

Question:

 

Is Kufr statements spoken whilst a person was suffering psychosis enough to be considered a Kafir and will they have to repeat their hajj?

 

Why is someone who is suffering from mental health expected to and be aware of the consequences of what they are saying?

 

What is considered insanity in Islam?

 

Also, is Hajj performed during psychosis accepted?

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 

Answer:

 

Sanity is a requirement for one’s words of Kufr to take effect, as well as for one’s Hajj to be valid [1]. Sanity in Islam is defined as the ability to control and comprehend one’s actions, not only what they are doing but also the significance and implications of their actions [2].

 

Thus, if one’s psychosis is such that they are unaware of their actions or are unable to comprehend the meaning of their actions at the time, then their words of Kufr are excused. If their psychosis occurred throughout the obligatory rituals of Hajj such as Wuquf at Arafah then their Hajj will be invalid and will have to be repeated.

 

 

Only Allah s.w.t knows best.

Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

 

 

[1] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 4, pg. 224, Darul Fikr:

(وَشَرَائِطُ صِحَّتِهَا الْعَقْلُ) وَالصَّحْوُ (وَالطَّوْعُ) فَلَا تَصِحُّ رِدَّةُ مَجْنُونٍ

 

Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 458, Darul Fikr:

النَّوْعُ الثَّالِثُ: شَرَائِطُ صِحَّةِ الْأَدَاءِ وَهِيَ تِسْعَةٌ: الْإِسْلَامُ وَالْإِحْرَامُ، وَالزَّمَانُ، وَالْمَكَانُ، وَالتَّمْيِيزُ، وَالْعَقْلُ وَمُبَاشَرَةُ الْأَفْعَالِ إلَّا بِعُذْرٍ وَعَدَمُ الْجِمَاعِ وَالْأَدَاءُ مِنْ عَامِ الْإِحْرَامِ

 

 

[2] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 3, pg. 243, Darul Fikr:

(قَوْلُهُ وَالْمَجْنُونُ) قَالَ فِي التَّلْوِيحِ: الْجُنُونُ اخْتِلَالُ الْقُوَّةِ الْمُمَيِّزَةِ بَيْنَ الْأُمُورِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَالْقَبِيحَةِ الْمُدْرِكَةِ لِلْعَوَاقِبِ، بِأَنْ لَا تَظْهَرَ آثَارُهُ وَتَتَعَطَّلُ أَفْعَالُهَا، إمَّا لِنُقْصَانِ جَبَلٍ عَلَيْهِ دِمَاغُهُ فِي أَصْلِ الْخِلْقَةِ، وَإِمَّا لِخُرُوجِ مِزَاجِ الدِّمَاغِ عَنْ الِاعْتِدَالِ بِسَبَبِ خَلْطٍ أَوْ آفَةٍ، وَإِمَّا لِاسْتِيلَاءِ الشَّيْطَانِ عَلَيْهِ وَإِلْقَاءِ الْخَيَالَاتِ الْفَاسِدَةِ إلَيْهِ بِحَيْثُ يَفْرَحُ وَيَفْزَعُ مِنْ غَيْرِ مَا يَصْلُحُ سَبَبًا