He says: My wife is afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder and is asking me for a divorce on the grounds that she wants to relieve me of these matters.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: My wife is afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder in her ablution and prayer, to the point that she nearly went insane from this matter. She is now asking for a divorce on the grounds that she wants to relieve me of these matters. What is the advice in this regard?

The Shaykh:
On what grounds?

The questioner:
On the grounds that she wants to relieve me of these matters.

The Shaykh:
You should be patient, and she should be patient, and she should seek treatment. If Allah wills, this matter will go away. The obsessive-compulsive disorder will go away, and the mental illness will go away, by the permission of Allah. Or, if it is an affliction from the jinn, it is treated with ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation) and recitation. If it is a mental illness, it is treated by psychiatrists. Do not rush in this matter. Yes.