Holding the Forbidden to Be Lawful

Question

Our belief is this: if a person commits a forbidden act while holding it to be forbidden, he does not become a disbeliever, though on account of that major sin he certainly becomes a transgressor; but if he commits a forbidden act holding it to be lawful, he is a disbeliever. Is our belief correct?

Answer

If a Muslim commits a forbidden act while holding it to be forbidden — through the force of desire, laziness and the like — then according to the Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jama‘ah he does not leave iman, so long as no contempt for the ruling of the Sacred Law is found: [ar]وَالْكَبِيرَةُ لَا تُخْرِجُ الْعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تُدْخِلُهُ فِي الْكُفْرِ[/ar] “A major…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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