Fatwa ID: 06695

Answered by: Maulana Burhaan Rahman

Question:

This specific thought has been bugging me a lot. Does it affect my Imaan if I mentally state something that can be construed as kufr (but not out loud)?

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

Answer:

As our beloved Prophet had stated, one’s Iman (faith) is unaffected if they have an irrational or abrupt thought in their mind about scepticism (kufr etc.);

إنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي مَا وَسْوَسَتْ بِهِ صُدُورُهَا، مَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ أَوْ تَكَلَّمْ

“Verily Allah has pardoned my Ummah for what crosses their minds, so long as they do not do it or speak of it.”  [Bukhari Hadeeth no: 2528/Muslim Hadeeth no: 127]

Don’t look into your thoughts regarding this matter too much. May Allah SWT clear our minds from doubt and negativity!

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Burhaan Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

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