Cascades of Apostasy (Routes to Irtidad)

Cascades of Apostasy (Routes to Irtidad):

1. The 'Desires' cascade

Following the Shahawat (Desires) corrupts the ‘fitrat e saleema’ of a person which will gradually alter his worldview which leads to developing Shubuhaat (Destructive Doubts) about the Religion which, if not cured, lead to weakening and finally loss of imaan.

Following the Shahawat (Desires and sins) -> corrupts the ‘fitrat e saleema’ of a person -> alter his worldview ->  develop Shubuhaat (Destructive Doubts) about the Religion -> weakening and loss of imaan.

2. The 'Ideological' cascades

A Muslim’s worldview can be directly corrupted by education system, media exposure, effect of dominant Kaafir ideologies in society, wrong sohbat (online or offline), personal trauma, etc., leading to shubuhaat about religion.

Solutions involve a combination of both Spiritual and Intellectual approaches.

-Protecting one’s Fitrat e saleema by strengthening one’s spirituality through Tawbah, Taqwa and Zuhd to prevent the Desires cascade.

-Strengthening one’s Islamic worldview by acquiring proper Deeni Ilm (with a focus on Aqeeda, Usool of Deen and ideological undertanding) and safeguarding oneself from all gateways of ideological cascades. It will require a thorough intellectual dismantling of all unIslamic ideologies and worldviews, redesigning the education system (and if that’s not possible then) detoxifying it’s effects, avoiding unnecessary media and internet exposure, adopting Sohbat of good Ulama and knowledgable, pious Muslims, etc.

Further reading:
NO DOUBT : 10 Effective Strategies On How to Deal With Your & Other People's Doubts by Fahad Tasleem https://pressbooks.pub/nodoubt/