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How to Repent from a Statement of Disbelief?

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Answered by Shaykh Farid Dingle Question: Assalamu alaykum I intentionally spoke kufr statements in my mind while believing in it and when I finished the sentences immediately I rejected it and denounced it. Am i still in the fold of islam? Answer: Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, If you said genuinely something that was […]

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Is Disrespecting a Copy of the Qur’an Disbelief?

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Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question: Assalamu alaykum I have seen that to disrespect the Mushaf (copy of the Qur’an) is Kufr (disbelief). 1. Does this mean that if a person commits a sin (e.g. watching T.V) or any sin in a room which has an Ayah or several Ayahs or Allah’s name framed on […]

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Argument Leading to Disbelief?

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Answered by Shaykh Abdurragmaan Khan Question: Assalam alaykum, Our neighbor died as a christian. My grandmother really liked him for some reason and cried a lot because he died. I’m pretty sure that she knew that he was a non muslim, but nevertheless she said things like ‘may his place be Paradise’. I was arguing […]

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Did I Commit Wrongful Takfir?

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Ustadh Farid Dingle is asked if calling saying or thinking that a Muslim is non-Muslim wrongfully puts one outside of the fold of Islam.   Question: Assalam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuh. I once typed a message saying some Muslims I do not like were not true Muslims, whispering the words to myself as […]

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Sins of the Imagination

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Ustadh Salman Younas is asked about imaginings resulting from the words and ideas of others or to hadiths, and what these  might entail with regard to one’s faith.   Question:   Assalam alaykum wa rahamt Allah wa Barakatuh. All I want to know is whether this way of imagining is sinful and the scale of […]

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Apostasy and Good Deeds

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Ustadh Salman Younas unpacks the question of the deeds of an apostate who returns to Islam. My question is on the deeds of the apostate. I know that apostasy invalidates good deeds but I want to know the opinion of the majority of scholars and maddhabs; whether they are returned to him when he repents […]

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Is It Disbelief to Go to Secular Courts Instead of Islamic Courts?

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Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum Does going to non-sharia courts in the presence of sharia courts take one out of the folds of Islam? Answer: Assalam ‘alaykum, I hope you’re well insha’Allah. Going to non-Islamic courts does not entail disbelief, even if Islamic courts are accessible. In fact, sometimes it is necessary […]

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Is Praying in Front of Pictures of Animate Objects Disbelief?

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Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu Alaykum I hope all are well. Please tell me if any of the following constitute disbelief (kufr). 1) Praying in front of pictures of animate beings or praying when one has a strong urge to relieve oneself. 2) Not going to hajj and not paying zakat however not […]

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Am I a Disbeliever by Believing in Evolution?

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Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: Assalam aleykum Am I a disbeliever by believing in the evolution theory? 1. Does believing that human beings (homo sapiens) evolved from other species (other hominids) entail disbelief? 2. If one believes that we are not just the descendants of one couple (Adam and Eve, peace be upon them), […]

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Do Unlawful Relationships Deprive One of Faith?

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Answered by Shaykh Jamir Meah Question: Assalamu alaykum I have read that a muslim gets deprived of his faith when he is involved in fornication. Can I get deprived my faith if I kiss and touch a girl? Answer:Wa’alaykum assalam. Thank you for your question. Major and minor sins, including zina, do not deprive one […]

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