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Is the word "ليت" (if only) or "ياليت" (oh, if only) considered among the words that open the door to the work of Satan, by analogy with the word "لو" (if)?

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"Layta" is a copulative particle used for expressing wishes, and its usage is permissible, with its ruling determined by the nature of the wish: if it is good, then it is good; and if it is evil, then it is evil.

"Law" may come to mean wishing, similar to "Layta," and it may also have other uses: 1. Objecting to the Sharia. 2. Objecting to divine decree (Qadar). 3. Regret and sorrow, which is forbidden because it opens the door to the work of Satan. 4. Using divine decree as an excuse for disobedience. These four uses are forbidden. 5. Purely conveying information, and this is permissible.

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