What is the meaning of not being held accountable for one's passing thoughts, and how does one act upon or believe in this principle in the case of secretly cursing the religion? And is a person held accountable for the thought of cursing the religion, which he neither denies nor accepts?
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Allah does not hold a servant accountable for what they whisper to themselves, but one should divert their soul from bad thoughts and occupy it with beneficial matters, because idleness is a major cause of these evil thoughts.
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