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Is a woman considered non-Muslim after she has uttered the Two Testimonies (Shahadatayn), performed ghusl (ritual bath) with the intention of entering Islam and purifying herself from major ritual impurity (janabah) and pre-seminal fluid (madhy), especially after she swore to leave Islam, then watched pornography, and thought of herself as non-Muslim?

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We advise you to distance yourself from the whispers of Satan and to occupy yourself with learning and righteous deeds. For whoever enters Islam with certainty does not depart from it except with certainty. If an action could be interpreted as apostasy or otherwise, the doer is not considered an unbeliever. A Muslim must repent sincerely and frequently seek forgiveness, for sincere repentance erases what came before it, and seeking forgiveness for potential shirk achieves purification from sins. It is not permissible to swear by leaving Islam, but this does not make the swearer an unbeliever. Many scholars have interpreted this as a threat and an exaggeration and did not deem the speaker an unbeliever for this statement.

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