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Does uttering the Two Testimonies (Shahadatain) with remorse and a firm resolve not to return to what expels one from the fold of Islam reinstate one who was outside of it, and is it a condition for the validity of this that one be ignorant of or have forgotten the acts of disbelief committed?

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The answer

Whoever enters Islam with certainty does not exit it except with certainty. The questioner's doubt about being a Muslim has no effect. If a person disbelieves due to a statement or belief, then their regret and utterance of the two testimonies (Shahadatayn) are sufficient for their return to Islam.

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