What does the person with obsessive thoughts do in prayer?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: I have many obsessive thoughts, even while I am in prayer, and they never leave me. I ask for your advice.
Answer:
Yes, obsessive thoughts occur, and they are from Shaytan. Allah named Shaytan al-Waswas al-Khanas (the whispering tempter). These thoughts only occur through heedlessness of the remembrance of Allah; they only occur through heedlessness of the remembrance of Allah. So increase in the remembrance of Allah and seeking refuge in Allah from Shaytan, increase in reciting the Qur'an, increase in supplication, do not pay attention to the obsessive thoughts, do not worry about them, and never let them occupy you. Consider them as if they do not exist, and then, by the permission of Allah, they will cease from you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: I have many obsessive thoughts, even while I am in prayer, and they never leave me. I ask for your advice.
Answer:
Yes, obsessive thoughts occur, and they are from Shaytan. Allah named Shaytan al-Waswas al-Khanas (the whispering tempter). These thoughts only occur through heedlessness of the remembrance of Allah; they only occur through heedlessness of the remembrance of Allah. So increase in the remembrance of Allah and seeking refuge in Allah from Shaytan, increase in reciting the Qur'an, increase in supplication, do not pay attention to the obsessive thoughts, do not worry about them, and never let them occupy you. Consider them as if they do not exist, and then, by the permission of Allah, they will cease from you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يفعل الموسوس في الصلاة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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