Is the presence of books or Quranic verses in an unclean bag, or leaving a book containing the name of Allah on the ground, considered an act of disbelief (kufr) or apostasy (riddah), given that the perpetrator dislikes these actions and does not intend to show disrespect or contempt?
"Obsessive doubt (waswas) is a chronic disease, and its treatment involves turning away from these doubts, not paying attention to them, and asking Allah for well-being. Everything that contains the remembrance of Allah must be protected. However, merely placing books that contain the remembrance of Allah in a bag containing impurity, or simply not picking up something from the ground that contains the remembrance of Allah, is not apostasy, as long as there was no intention of disrespecting it. One must repent and seek forgiveness."
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