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OP - January 26, 2015, 08:34 PM

So here's something that came into my head last night when I was trying to go to bed. Islam doesn't hold the mentally ill responsible for their actions, except the actions they do after they are better. The ways to treat mental illness invariably change the chemical or physical composition of the brain, often with far-reaching, and unforeseen, consequences. What happens if a person converts to Islam under the influence of a mental illness, and then when they get better, leaves Islam?

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Reply #1 - January 26, 2015, 08:39 PM

Al Fitrah, my friend. They are just continuing in the natural religion of Islam. It is as though they were a child who has grown up within Islam. One does not need to 'convert' to Islam, one just needs not to convert AWAY from Islam.
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Reply #2 - January 26, 2015, 10:56 PM

Quote from: galfromusa on January 26, 2015, 08:34 PM
So here's something that came into my head last night when I was trying to go to bed. Islam doesn't hold the mentally ill responsible for their actions, except the actions they do after they are better. The ways to treat mental illness invariably change the chemical or physical composition of the brain, often with far-reaching, and unforeseen, consequences. What happens if a person converts to Islam under the influence of a mental illness, and then when they get better, leaves Islam?

Most of the communities I came across would claim the djinn made people mentally ill and prayer would cure them. If they leave Islam then clearly it is a worse djinn.

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Reply #3 - January 31, 2015, 07:19 AM

Quote from: galfromusa on January 26, 2015, 08:34 PM
Islam doesn't hold the mentally ill responsible for their actions

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`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
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