About waswasah (whispers) in ritual purity?
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Question : This questioner asks and says: I hope you will offer advice to one who is afflicted with waswasah (whispers) in his ritual purity and prayer, and the effective cure for this illness. May Allah grant you success and benefit people with your knowledge.
Answer : The reality is that people ask about this question a lot, and it is the abundance of waswasah (whispers) in ritual purity, prayer, transactions, and divorce, meaning in many things. Know, my brother, that Shaytan is your enemy by the testimony of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Allah the Exalted said:[Fatir 35:6] This testimony is the truest and fairest of testimonies, but it remains: "So take him as an enemy." Do we apply this or not? It is obligatory that we apply it, because Allah said, "Take him as an enemy." Do not lean upon him. If he commands you with disobedience, do not obey him. If he forbids you from obedience, do not obey him. If he whispers to you, do not obey him. Turn away from him in every matter. Shaytan is eager to corrupt a person's religion.
And if he is eager to corrupt the beginning of his religion, it is necessary to turn away from him completely. The Physician of Hearts, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), guided us to this. He ordered the one afflicted with waswasah (whispers) to seek refuge in Allah, who is the refuge of every one who seeks refuge. He seeks refuge in Allah and stops, turning away from it. For example, a person performed wudu' (ablution) and finished, then he said, "By Allah, I do not know if I gargled or not?" The brother, all of it. What did I say? What? And no blood. I, I asked a question just now. Where? Tell the truth, my brother, there is nothing. A person is human. Huh? I will not repeat the question to you, and I asked about it, how do I repeat the question to you? I ask now, where did you go? The point of discussing it, my brothers, is to drive sleep away from him, because I found him dozing a little. Sit and pay attention, may Allah bless you. A person performed wudu' (ablution) and finished his wudu' (ablution). When he finished, Shaytan came to him and said to him, "Did you gargle or not?" This returns to those with waswasah (whispers) often. What is the cure? Answer, everyone: He turns away from this and considers the wudu' (ablution) valid, and he does not repeat the wudu' (ablution) and does not doubt. Another person was in a state of wudu' (ablution). Then he felt a movement in what requires wudu' (ablution) from what comes out of him, meaning either in his private part or his back passage. He felt it, so he said that he had broken his wudu' (ablution), and it became dominant in his mind that he had broken it.
So what does he do? Does he perform wudu' (ablution) or turn away from this? He turns away from this and it does not concern him; he overlooks it, even if it becomes dominant in his mind that he has broken his wudu' (ablution), he does not pay attention to this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 361, do not burden yourself, meaning, you are in your state of purity, so pray, and there is no blame on you.
Look, Shaytan is now playing with the children of Adam. Some people say, "Okay, I will consider myself to have broken my wudu' (ablution) and perform wudu' (ablution)." He says, "This is a mistake. Consider yourself to have not broken your wudu' (ablution) by the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." And another one said, "Instead of tiring myself with waswasah (whispers) and doubt..."
Answer : The reality is that people ask about this question a lot, and it is the abundance of waswasah (whispers) in ritual purity, prayer, transactions, and divorce, meaning in many things. Know, my brother, that Shaytan is your enemy by the testimony of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, Satan is an enemy to you
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّAnd if he is eager to corrupt the beginning of his religion, it is necessary to turn away from him completely. The Physician of Hearts, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), guided us to this. He ordered the one afflicted with waswasah (whispers) to seek refuge in Allah, who is the refuge of every one who seeks refuge. He seeks refuge in Allah and stops, turning away from it. For example, a person performed wudu' (ablution) and finished, then he said, "By Allah, I do not know if I gargled or not?" The brother, all of it. What did I say? What? And no blood. I, I asked a question just now. Where? Tell the truth, my brother, there is nothing. A person is human. Huh? I will not repeat the question to you, and I asked about it, how do I repeat the question to you? I ask now, where did you go? The point of discussing it, my brothers, is to drive sleep away from him, because I found him dozing a little. Sit and pay attention, may Allah bless you. A person performed wudu' (ablution) and finished his wudu' (ablution). When he finished, Shaytan came to him and said to him, "Did you gargle or not?" This returns to those with waswasah (whispers) often. What is the cure? Answer, everyone: He turns away from this and considers the wudu' (ablution) valid, and he does not repeat the wudu' (ablution) and does not doubt. Another person was in a state of wudu' (ablution). Then he felt a movement in what requires wudu' (ablution) from what comes out of him, meaning either in his private part or his back passage. He felt it, so he said that he had broken his wudu' (ablution), and it became dominant in his mind that he had broken it.
So what does he do? Does he perform wudu' (ablution) or turn away from this? He turns away from this and it does not concern him; he overlooks it, even if it becomes dominant in his mind that he has broken his wudu' (ablution), he does not pay attention to this, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He should not return (from prayer) unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell (of passing wind).
لا ينصرف حتى يسمع صوتا أو يجد ريحاLook, Shaytan is now playing with the children of Adam. Some people say, "Okay, I will consider myself to have broken my wudu' (ablution) and perform wudu' (ablution)." He says, "This is a mistake. Consider yourself to have not broken your wudu' (ablution) by the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." And another one said, "Instead of tiring myself with waswasah (whispers) and doubt..."
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[10 من 26] عن الوسوسة في الطهارة؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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