Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Ablution
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Question:
The sister questioner, Umm Nur, says: My sister is truly eager to perform her prayers, but we suffer from her, O Shaykh, when it comes to ablution. She performs the ablution and then says, “I have broken it,” and it appears that she has obsessive-compulsive disorder. What should we do with her according to the Book and the Sunnah, and according to the guidance of Your Eminence, Shaykh Salih?
Answer:
Instruct her to perform the ablution and assist her, and according to her condition,[Al-Baqarah 2:286], her ablution is valid, if Allah wills.
The sister questioner, Umm Nur, says: My sister is truly eager to perform her prayers, but we suffer from her, O Shaykh, when it comes to ablution. She performs the ablution and then says, “I have broken it,” and it appears that she has obsessive-compulsive disorder. What should we do with her according to the Book and the Sunnah, and according to the guidance of Your Eminence, Shaykh Salih?
Answer:
Instruct her to perform the ablution and assist her, and according to her condition,
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (174) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-03-21] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:12)
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