Abandoning Prayer Due to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man has abandoned performing the prayer because he is afflicted with what is called obsessive-compulsive disorder. He asks: What is the ruling on such a man, and is he ordered to pray if he has abandoned it?
Answer:
He is ordered to pray and to seek treatment for this psychological illness, perhaps Allah will cure him. He is ordered to pray. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man has abandoned performing the prayer because he is afflicted with what is called obsessive-compulsive disorder. He asks: What is the ruling on such a man, and is he ordered to pray if he has abandoned it?
Answer:
He is ordered to pray and to seek treatment for this psychological illness, perhaps Allah will cure him. He is ordered to pray. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-06-1439هـ — af.org.sa (59:09)
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