Treating Obsessions in Ritual Purity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I am a man who has many doubts regarding ritual purity, so what is your advice to me?
Answer:
Leave the doubts. The advice is that when you perform wudu, you do not pay attention to the doubts. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 361 Certainty is not removed by doubt. Certainty is not removed by doubt. This is a principle they derived from this hadith. And in this is relief for the Muslim; as long as you are certain of your purity, do not pay attention to doubts and whispers. Your purity remains valid until you are certain of the presence of the invalidator. This is sufficient, and Allah knows best. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I am a man who has many doubts regarding ritual purity, so what is your advice to me?
Answer:
Leave the doubts. The advice is that when you perform wudu, you do not pay attention to the doubts. 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 ريحا
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 09 — archive.org (1:16:43)
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