Why is obsessive doubt (waswas) more common among women in particular?
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Question:
Shaykh Salih, why is it that we often ask some of our sisters about how obsessive doubt (waswas) is more prevalent in women?
Answer:
Obsessive doubt (waswas) has causes; it is either a psychological illness or it is from Shaytan. In any case, he said:Mishkat al-Masabih 4514 Praise be to Allah. We have the cure: we have the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the supplications, seeking refuge, and the lawful forms of seeking protection. And increasing the remembrance of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), the morning and evening adhkar, maintaining the prayer, and increasing the recitation of the Qur'an—all of this is what cures obsessive doubt, along with rejecting it and not paying attention to it. Yes.
Shaykh Salih, why is it that we often ask some of our sisters about how obsessive doubt (waswas) is more prevalent in women?
Answer:
Obsessive doubt (waswas) has causes; it is either a psychological illness or it is from Shaytan. In any case, he said:
God has not sent down a disease without sending down remedy for it.
صلى الله عليه وسلم ما أنزل الله داء إلا أنزل له دواء علمه من علمه جهله من جهله.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لماذا يكثر الوسواس عند النساء خاصة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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