Is the fear of falling into deeming the unlawful permissible, or vice versa, and the precise deliberation on the permissibility and impermissibility of matters, and saying "Allah knows best" concerning some of them, then fearing that this statement might be a doubt cast upon what is clearly unlawful – is this considered disbelief? And is discussing a religious matter based on opinion or conjecture that something is permissible, then it turns out to be unlawful, considered deeming the unlawful permissible, even if the intention was not so?
You are afflicted with waswasah (whispers/obsessive thoughts), and you must ignore these whispers and turn away from them, because indulging them leads to great evil. The forbidden that renders its perpetrator a disbeliever and the permissible that renders its proscriber a disbeliever is that which is known to be so by necessity of the religion. There is no harm in hesitating concerning doubtful matters, and you must ask people of knowledge about what is unclear to you. Be certain that you are upon Islam.
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