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Is reviling purity considered disbelief (kufr), especially if the mother means the purity of the earth, taking into account that she might be ignorant that purity is an act of worship?

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It appears that the mother was ridiculing what the son imagined to be purity, not the Shariah-compliant purity. She intended to object to his excessive scrupulosity and extremism in matters. Therefore, she is not considered a disbeliever. The son is advised to resist and turn away from obsessive thoughts.

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