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Are the allusions uttered by one afflicted with waswasah (whispering doubts) during sleep or when overcome by waswasah to be taken into consideration, especially when he is unsure of having uttered them, and do colloquial words that carry multiple meanings constitute disbelief if the one afflicted by waswasah intends thereby the meaning of disbelief, despite his unawareness of that intention?

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The solution to these thoughts and whisperings (waswas) is to completely disregard them. When one pays no attention to them, they disappear. However, responding to them only increases them. All that has been mentioned does not affect the wife's infallibility.

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