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A person with dementia accepting Islam

· 11 Rabiʻ II 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

My grandmother is a non-Muslim. She has dementia so she is not able to understand much at all, but if we can get her to believe in the very basics and say the shahadah, will it be accepted from her even though she forgets the next day that she is a Muslim? Please advice how we can help her accept Islam in a valid way and please make dua that she does so.

Answer

If she had accepted imaan in a conscious state knowing what she is doing then it is acceptable.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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