Rulings on Tawbah, - Reviling Allah and Insinuating Whispers.

On one occasion I was riding behind my friend on a motorcycle and he
"popped a wheelie" (lifted the front wheel off the ground), and I
reviled the Lord, Allah forbid. Then I repented from that but waswaas
(satanic whisper) comes to me telling me that because the incident
took me by surprise, I was not thinking and I will not be brought to
account for that. Similarly, this waswaas comes to me about
manyoccasions on which I have reviled Allah, Islam and the Prophet,
Allah forbid. This has made medoubt myself: did I do it deliberately
or not? Especially since these incidents happened to me a number of
years ago and I do not remember the details precisely, so I say: O
Allah, if I did that deliberately and with intent, then I repent from
it.
Praise be to Allah.
Reviling Allah or reviling Islam constitutes kufr (disbelief) and
apostasy from Islam, according to scholarly consensus. The one who
does that has to repent sincerely to Allah, by regretting whathas
happened and resolving not to go back to it again. If he repents,Allah
will accept his repentance. Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say: O 'Ibaadi (My slaves) who have transgressed against themselves
(by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the mercy of
Allah, verily,Allah forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft‑Forgiving,
Most Merciful"
[39:53].
It was narrated from AbuMoosa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah holds
out His hand at night to accept the repentance of those who have
sinned during the day, and He holds out his hand by day to accept the
repentance ofthose who have sinned at night – until the sun rises from
its place of setting." [ Muslim].
So you have to repent, turn to Allah and do a lotof righteous deeds.
As for thinking about whether this reviling was done deliberately
ornot, this is whispers from the Shaytan who wants to distract you
from repenting or weaken your fear of Allah and your efforts to do
righteous deeds. If you understand the abhorrent nature of what you
did, and its grave seriousness, that will make you strive to do good
and will generate in your heart feelings of submission and humility
before Allah; it will make you pin your hopes on His grace, kindness
and forgiveness. But if your nafs (self/ego) makes falsehood appealing
to you, and makes the offence seem less seriousby claiming that it was
done in a state of anger, then this will weaken your resolve and
lessen your desire to turn to Allah.
You should understand that the kind of anger that causes a person to
lose his mind, that a person may be excused for, is that which causes
him to lose the ability to distinguish matters to such an extent that
he does not know what he is saying. If this happens once, it does not
happenrepeatedly. Many of those who have the problem of reviling
Islam, or reviling Allah orreviling His Messenger (blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) would not be able to revile their fathers or a
person whom they hold in high esteem or the father of his opponent and
the like, no matter how intense his anger is,but he can revile Islam
because of the lack of faith in his heart and his lack of respect for
Allah and for His messenger and His religion. We ask Allah to keep us
safe andsound. If there were any faith in the heart of sucha person,
it would prevent him from speaking in this abhorrent manner. Hence we
say: Ignore this waswaas, for you have committed the greatest evil,
but you have a Lord Who is Most Merciful and Most Kind; He accepts the
repentance of the penitent, forgives the sinner, and turns bad deeds
into good. So make your resolve firm, fill your heart with respect for
Allah, may He be exalted, and respect for His religion, and reada
great deal of Quran and do a lot of righteousdeeds.
We ask Allah to accept your repentance and forgive you your sins.
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