If a person apostatizes and repents of his apostasy, considering it a sin, and then pronounces the two testimonies (Shahadatayn) during prayer without the intention of entering Islam, is he considered a Muslim inwardly between himself and Allah, or must he pronounce them with the intention of entering Islam?
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As long as a person repents of a sin and regrets it, their repentance erases the effect of that sin. Their utterance of the two testimonies confirms their Islam outwardly and inwardly, because the one who repents of a sin is like one who has no sin.
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