What should someone do who has a doubt about faith?

Seek refuge in Allah the Most High

1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (3276), Sahih Muslim, no. (134), Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (4722).

Stop at the thing or matter about which there is doubt

1. Sahih al-Bukhari, no. (3276), Sahih Muslim, no. (134).

Then say these words: ”آمَنْتُ بِاللّٰهِ وَرُسُلِهٖ “ “I believe in Allah and His messengers.”

1. Sahih Muslim, no. (134), Musnad Ahmad, Maymaniyyah edition (2/331), the wording is his, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (4721).

After these words, recite this saying of Allah the Most High:

﴿ هُوَ الْاَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيْمٌ ﴾ [الحدید ۳]

He is the First and the Last, the Ascendant and the Intimate, and He is, of all things, Knowing.

1. Hasan, Sunan Abi Dawud, no. (5110), al-Mukhtarah of ad-Diya' (10/420), Tafsir Ibn Abi Hatim (6/1985), and al-Albani graded it Hasan in “Takhrij al-Kalim at-Tayyib” no. (136).