What is advised for one who is afflicted with intrusive thoughts regarding ritual purity and prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says, Honorable Shaykh: I am a failure in everything, and intrusive thoughts have taken hold of me and persisted with me in prayer and in ritual purity. What do you advise me to do? Help us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
You are, if Allah wills, not a failure; rather, you are successful, if Allah wills. As for the intrusive thoughts,[An-Nahl 16:98] if you feel them [An-Nahl 16:98], leave them and do not pay attention to them, and they will not affect you, if Allah wills. And if this is the result of a mental illness, then consult the psychiatrists, perhaps they will find a cure for you. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says, Honorable Shaykh: I am a failure in everything, and intrusive thoughts have taken hold of me and persisted with me in prayer and in ritual purity. What do you advise me to do? Help us, may Allah reward you.
Answer:
You are, if Allah wills, not a failure; rather, you are successful, if Allah wills. As for the intrusive thoughts,
[first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ[first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2356 - بما ينصح من تعتريه الوساوس في الطهارة والصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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