Fatwa ID: 08752

 

 

Answered by: Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

 

Question:

 

I have a question about uttering  a kufr statement. If someone has doubt over uttering a kufr statement then do they have to repeat iman and nikkah?

 

 

My problem is that I have been living with severe OCD most of my life. The past six years ( since my marriage) ive got a new type of OCD about kufr. I Keep feeling that maybe myself or my husband said or did something that might have made us kafir. So I feel very disturbed and kept repeating the shahdah and nikkah. My husband doesn’t like my habit of renewing nikkah (done in front of my dad and brother). However if I don’t repeat it  I feel very upset and do not want to fulfill my rights as his wife. I often say the words that I am thinking. More recently I had a kufr statement that kept coming to mind over and over. The statement was ‘ nahi koi mera Allah’  Nauzbillah. I dislike it it and do not accept it in the heart.

 

 

However, one day whilst doing wudu I said half of it’ Nahi koi mera’ / ‘no one is my’( not sure if I clearly uttered all of it or just lip moved)  and can not recall for certain  saying the remaining word ‘ Allah’. I feel most likely I did not say the word ‘Allah’ but soo after I started feeling really worried that maybe I have uttered full clear kufr statement. Now I am very disturbed and keep thinking maybe over nikkah broke.

 

 

I read somewhere that if there is doubt over uttering kufr statement then one doesn’t become kafir but I leep thinking what if I actually uttered all of those words clearly. I don’t want to repeat nikkah because then Shaitan might start playing with my mind and I might start feeling same over and over On the other hand if I don’t repeat nikkah I might be committing adultery. I feel stuck and badly stressed out. Do I need to repeat nikkah or ignore the thought of committing kufr because I am not sure if I clearly uttered the full statement

 

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

The principle of Shariah is that Certainty is not removed by doubts. Therefore you are certain that you didn’t uttered these wrongful statement. Thus you will still be in the state of imaan.

 

Whenever you have such thoughts, do not entertain it and you should repel it by reciting the ta’awwuz (a’ouzu billahi min asshaitani arrajim). Always be in the state of wudhu and keep contact with a reliable scholar in your locality. Most importantly engage in dua and keep the tongue with the zikr of Allah and the recitation of the Quran. InshaAllah these will help.

 

 

 

 

References:

 

اليقين لا يزول بالشك

قواعد الفقهية

 

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، يَرْفَعُهُ قَالَ ‏ “‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لأُمَّتِي عَمَّا وَسْوَسَتْ أَوْ حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهَا، مَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ بِهِ أَوْ تَكَلَّمْ ‏”

Sahih Bukhari hadith 6664

 

رجل كفر بلسانه طائعا وقلبه مطمئن بالإيمان يكون كافرا ولا يكون عند الله مؤمنا كذا في فتاوى قاضي خان ما كان في كونه كفرا اختلاف فإن قائله يؤمر بتجديد النكاح وبالتوبة والرجوع عن ذلك بطريق الاحتياط

فتاوى الهندية ج٢ ص٢٨٣

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham