The Ruling on Repeating Wudu and Prayer Due to Obsessions
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This question is from a person of misery who signed with the letters S, A, and 'A. She says: It is very important, and I ask that it be read in full to Shaykh Sa'd. She says: Shaykh, my problem has been for years that I do not find satisfaction in wudu and prayer. I am now repeating wudu and prayer more than three times, especially in the takbir and ruku'. Does this invalidate my prayer, and is my prayer not accepted?
Answer:
The questioner (may Allah guide her) should avoid obsessions, doubts, and illusions, for they are from Satan to distract her from her religion. She should be decisive and resolve to perform the worship with her heart and proceed with the worship without looking at the interfering obsessions and illusions, for they are from Satan. If she rejects them, leaves them, and continues in her action, Satan will move away from her, along with seeking refuge in Allah from Satan at the beginning of the prayer and saying the name of Allah at the start of wudu by saying "Bismillah." She should resolve to perform the worship with her heart and proceed with the worship without hesitation. When she stands for prayer, she has intended it, and when she sits for wudu and brings the water, she has intended wudu. The intention is in the heart and is confirmed by the action and movement. There is no need for her to hesitate about whether she intended it or not. Simply standing for prayer is an intention. Simply sitting for wudu and bringing the water is sufficient. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. This question is from a person of misery who signed with the letters S, A, and 'A. She says: It is very important, and I ask that it be read in full to Shaykh Sa'd. She says: Shaykh, my problem has been for years that I do not find satisfaction in wudu and prayer. I am now repeating wudu and prayer more than three times, especially in the takbir and ruku'. Does this invalidate my prayer, and is my prayer not accepted?
Answer:
The questioner (may Allah guide her) should avoid obsessions, doubts, and illusions, for they are from Satan to distract her from her religion. She should be decisive and resolve to perform the worship with her heart and proceed with the worship without looking at the interfering obsessions and illusions, for they are from Satan. If she rejects them, leaves them, and continues in her action, Satan will move away from her, along with seeking refuge in Allah from Satan at the beginning of the prayer and saying the name of Allah at the start of wudu by saying "Bismillah." She should resolve to perform the worship with her heart and proceed with the worship without hesitation. When she stands for prayer, she has intended it, and when she sits for wudu and brings the water, she has intended wudu. The intention is in the heart and is confirmed by the action and movement. There is no need for her to hesitate about whether she intended it or not. Simply standing for prayer is an intention. Simply sitting for wudu and bringing the water is sufficient. Yes.
Source
الوسواس في العبادات — alfawzan.live
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