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Keep it in mind that there is a difference between a bad thought and a firm bad intention. One is accountable for a firm bad intention. Even the firm intention of disbelief is ‘disbelief’.
(Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 1, pp. 81)
A unanimously acknowledged researcher of Islamic sciences, a leading scholar of Hadees, ‘Allamah ‘Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dihlvi عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی has stated: The evil thought that comes in the heart spontaneously and suddenly is called ﴿هَاجِس﴾ [Hajis]. It exists in the heart only for a few moments and then disappears. Previous Ummahs were forgiven for it and we are also forgiven for it. However, only we are forgiven for the thought that stays in the heart; they were not forgiven for that. If there is also pleasure and happiness with it in the heart, so this is called ﴿هَمَّ﴾ [Hamma]. There is no punishment even for that. If there is the firm intention of putting into action the evil thought that has existed in the heart, then there is punishment for it.
(Ashi’a-tul-Lam’aat, vol. 1, pp. 85)
No matter how many and how dangerous satanic whispers a person experiences, his faith is not destroyed by them. Feeling anxiety in the heart because of experiencing satanic whisper about faith indicates that the heart is satisfied with faith. In verse 106 of Surah An-Nahl, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said in part 14:
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