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Does a wife's telling her husband about a forbidden utterance that crossed her mind, due to a Waswasa (whisperings/obsessive thoughts), fall under the category of speech for which a person is held accountable, thereby excluding her from the general meaning of the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah (community) what their souls whisper to them, as long as they do not act upon it or speak of it"?

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You do not sin by telling your husband about the waswas (whispers of Satan), as this is not a form of relying on it. We advise you to completely ignore the waswas, because giving in to it leads to great evil.

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