God and belief
Doubt and faith
I have doubts. Does that make me a bad Muslim?
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Simple answer
If your doubts are intrusive thoughts that you dislike and do not accept, their occurrence alone does not show that you are a bad Muslim, the hadith says that Companions had thoughts they found overwhelming and calls that clear faith. Muslim 132
Settled doubt about the religion is not the situation described by that hadith, and the Quran describes sincere believers as those who leave doubt behind. 49:15
Quran
Quran 49:15
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَرْتَابُوا۟ وَجَـٰهَدُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ وَأَنفُسِهِمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّـٰدِقُونَ
The true believers are the ones who have faith in God and His Messenger and leave all doubt behind, the ones who have struggled with their possessions and their persons in God’s way: they are the ones who are true.Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Quran 49:15Hadith
Sahih Muslim
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه قال: جَاءَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَسَأَلُوهُ: إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا مَا يَتَعَاظَمُ أَحَدُنَا أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ، قَالَ: «وَقَدْ وَجَدْتُمُوهُ؟» قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «ذَاكَ صَرِيحُ الْإِيمَانِ».
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Some of the Prophet's Companions came to him and said: "We find within ourselves thoughts that one of us would find too grave to talk about." He said: "Have you experienced that?" They said: 'Yes'. He said: "That is the clear faith."Translation: HadeethEnc
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