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What is the ruling on describing a sin as beautiful and committing it without denouncing it, knowing that Islam has considered it evil and denounced it?

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It is clear that these questions stem from waswasa (whispers/obsessive doubts), and its cure is to turn away from them, stop being preoccupied with them, and refrain from asking about them, while also supplicating and consulting psychiatrists. Excessive questioning only increases the confusion of the one afflicted by waswasa. As for saying that a sin is beautiful and committing it without denying it, this is not kufr (disbelief) in itself. Rather, it becomes kufr if it entails considering the sin lawful (istihlal) and believing in the invalidity of its prohibition. Al-Haytami clarified this by stating that loving what Allah hates or vice versa does not lead to kufr unless one loves it specifically because the Lawgiver (Allah) hates it, or hates it specifically because the Lawgiver loves it.

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