Is a sick person who suffers from difficulty concentrating and remembering, and takes medication that causes him to be inattentive and slow to comprehend, held accountable for committing a sin or an act of disbelief during moments of extreme distraction, despite his knowledge that error and forgetfulness are lifted from the Ummah, and his awareness of a fatwa that states: "What cannot be imagined with ignorance and forgetfulness – such as insulting the religion, for example – is not an excuse for its perpetrator"?
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There is no need to fear, for Allah is more merciful to His servant than a mother is to her child. He does not hold accountable one who is distracted, forgetful, or mistaken, because intellect is the basis of accountability. Allah the Almighty said: "Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we forget or err" (Quran 2:286) and "There is no blame upon you for what you have erred in, but [there is blame for] what your hearts intended" (Quran 33:5). So, continue your treatment and consult doctors.
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