Mistakenly saying something of kufr
Question
If a person, due to slip of tongue, said something of kufr while not intending it, is he kafir?
For example, a person wanting to say that "one who rejects God is not a Muslim" but he accidentally says "one who rejects God is not a kafir" but then he realises and corrects it. Does he have to renew his iman and nikah?
Answer
If this happened by mistake and upon realizing the mistake one had corrected himself, then one will not be sinful. One will be excused and through this, one will not leave the fold of Islam.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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