Does a Muslim depart from the faith if he believes a certain act to be disbelief and commits it under duress, yet utters words indicating satisfaction with this act? And is it considered doubt that expels one from the faith to divide creed into parts, and to believe in the intended meaning of everything even if one does not comprehend it?

A person afflicted with severe waswasah (whispers/obsessive thoughts), who perceives polytheistic or blasphemous thoughts overwhelming him even at the simplest actions, is an indication of the soundness of his belief and the strength of his faith. Some companions asked the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, about the presence of evil thoughts within themselves, and he said: "That is pure faith." This indicates that their magnification of those thoughts and their fear of them is evidence of complete faith.

Moreover, the statement: "I believe in Allah, and in what came from Allah, according to Allah's intent, and I believe in the Messenger of Allah, and in what came from the Messenger of Allah, according to the Messenger of Allah's intent," suffices for one who finds the matter ambiguous. It indicates that a Muslim must accept what has come from Allah and His Messenger, whether he understands its meaning or it remains obscure to him, entrusting the knowledge of its how and essence solely to Allah.