Is the one who is afflicted with Satanic whispers sinful, knowing that he resists them?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: If a man is afflicted with a great Satanic whisper, for example, Satan says to him, "Disbelieve," is he sinful? Knowing that he was patient and did not pay attention to this whisper, but rather resisted it, praise be to Allah.
Answer:
Whispers in the heart or in the soul do not make a person accountable. This is from the favor of Allah until he speaks or acts. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3435Sahih (Darussalam) He did not speak with what Satan commanded him to speak, nor did he act upon it; rather, he only found a whisper in himself, and then he left it and was patient. So he is rewarded, if Allah wills.
He says: If a man is afflicted with a great Satanic whisper, for example, Satan says to him, "Disbelieve," is he sinful? Knowing that he was patient and did not pay attention to this whisper, but rather resisted it, praise be to Allah.
Answer:
Whispers in the heart or in the soul do not make a person accountable. This is from the favor of Allah until he speaks or acts. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
has forgiven my Ummah for whatever enters the mind, so long as it is not spoken of or put into action
عفي لأمتي الخطأ والنسيان وما حدثت به أنفسها ما لم تتكلم أو تعمل
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يأثم مَن تأتيه الوساوس الشيطانية علمًا بأنه يقاومها؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.