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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Acts of Worship

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Question:
Umm Sa'id from Abha says: I am afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder in wudu' (ablution), prayer, and all my acts of worship. What is the true cure for this?

Answer:
The treatment consists of two things, or rather three things. The first is to leave the intrusive thoughts and not pay attention to them. The second is that the second is that the second is that you do not act on them and do not follow them. You reject them completely. The third is that you seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, for the intrusive thoughts are from Shaytan, and therefore Allah named them al-waswas al-khannas. Waswas means that when you are heedless of the remembrance of Allah, and khannas means it moves away from you when you remember Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.

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May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (180) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1439-05-14] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:53)

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