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What is the ruling on one who tried to form the name of Allah with their toes on a wall, without intending mockery or disparagement, then regretted their action and came to their senses?

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Satan ties his knots on the questioner's heart, causing her to experience waswasa (insinuating whispers), which sometimes takes her out of faith and sometimes brings her back into it. The cure lies in untying Satan's knots and ignoring his whispers. Frequent questioning in these areas increases waswasa and its ailment. These waswas do not harm or affect the soundness of faith, nor are they a doubt that expels one from the fold of Islam; rather, struggling against them indicates goodness. The questioner's fear, which has reached the point of waswasa, indicates that she does not take religion and its rulings lightly, and her cure lies in completely ignoring these whispers. The mere occurrence of thoughts in the heart has no effect, and one should not allow Satan to corrupt one's religion and worldly life by indulging in these waswas.

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