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Is coercion to perform a religious duty, or coercion to do something undesirable, or coercion to undertake a specific job, or fear of a certain thing considered among the types of coercion mentioned in the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah their mistakes, their forgetfulness, and what they are coerced into doing"?

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The compulsion mentioned in the hadith is forcing a person to do or say something they do not wish to. It is divided into compelling (mulji') and non-compelling (ghayr mulji'). Compelling compulsion is the threat of killing or significant harm to a person or their relatives by someone capable of carrying it out, such as a ruler or a highway robber, and it has its own legal rulings. As for non-compelling compulsion, it has no weight. Actions performed by one's own choice without compulsion do not fall under the compulsion mentioned in the hadith.

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