1. If a woman renounces Islam, she will be given a respite of three days in which all her doubts regarding Islam may be cleared. If she returns to Islam within the three days, well and good. If not, she will be imprisoned forever. If she repents, she will be freed.

2. Once a person utters the words of kufr , imaan will no longer remain with him. All the pious deeds and forms of ibaadah which he may have fulfilled while he was a Muslim will be rendered null and void. His marriage will be null and void. If he had performed the fard hajj , it will also be rendered null and void. If he repents and returns to Islam, he will have to renew his marriage and also repeat his hajj .

3. Similarly, if a woman's husband becomes a kaafir , their marriage will be annulled. As long as he does not repent and renew his marriage, the woman cannot have any contact with him. If they continue with their marital and sexual relationships, the woman will also be sinful. If the man imposes upon her to have sexual relationships with her, she should expose him to the public and she should not shy away from this. There is no shame in matters of religion.

4. Once the words of kufr are uttered, imaan will leave the person. If these words are uttered jokingly and one does not have kufr in one's heart, even then the same rule will apply. For example, if a person asks: "Hasn't Allah the power to do such and such thing?" And the person who is being addressed replies: "No!" then in such a case this person will become devoid of imaan.

5. A person says: "Come, let us offer our salaat." And the person replies: "Why should I waste my time going up and down?" Or, a person tells you to fast and you reply saying: "Why should I kill myself staying hungry?" or you tell him: "Only the person who does not have any food in his house should fast." All this is regarded as kufr .

6. A person saw another person committing a sin, so he asked him: "Don't you fear Allah?" The person replied: "No, I don't fear Him." He will become a kaafir by replying in this way.

7. A person saw another person committing a sin, so he asked him: "Aren't you a Muslim that you are committing such a sin?" The person replied: "No, I'm not a Muslim." He will become a kaafir irrespective of whether he was serious or he said it jokingly.

8. A person commenced offering salaat. Coincidentally, he was afflicted by a calamity. So he said: "All this is because of offering salaat." He will become a kaafir .

9. A person saw something good with a kaafir . On seeing this, he remarked: "It would have been nice if I was also a kaafir so that I could also do the same thing." He will become a kaafir .

10. A person's son or beloved one passed away, so he said: "O Allah! Why did You oppress me in this way? Why are You torturing me?" By saying this, the person will become a kaafir .

11. A person says: "Even if Allah asks me to do this work I will not do it." or: "Even if the angel Jibra'eel comes down, I will not listen to him." He will become a kaafir .

12. A person says: "I do such work that even Allah does not know about it." He will become a kaafir .

13. If a person derides Allah Ta'ala or any of His prophets, finds fault with the Shariah or is attracted to certain acts of kufr , his imaan will leave him. All those acts which cause one's imaan to leave a person have been mentioned in Part One of Bahishti Zewar. For further details, refer to the relevant chapters of Part One. One should be very cautious in preserving one's imaan. May Allah Ta'ala protect our imaan, and may we leave this world with imaan. Aameen.