Treatment of Obsessions and Bad Thoughts
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The questioner:
As I told you, I work in a place far from the city and I am alone. When I am alone, I am often visited by some thoughts that I wish would not return to my mind. What do you advise me to do so that these bad thoughts stay away from my thinking? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It appears that the righteous are afflicted with waswas (whispers of Satan). May Allah help us. He is afflicted with it until night, and there is no trial, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
How is the repelling done, O Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
By leaving it, rejecting it, and seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Are there specific dhikr (remembrances) that help him stay away from these whispers and these thoughts?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-A'raf 7:200] And in the other verse: [Ad-Dukhan 44:6] So he seeks refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan, and he recites it, and he recites the Verse of the Throne. Good, and Surah al-Ikhlas and the two Mu'awwidhat (chapters of seeking refuge), especially Surah al-Nas, for it contains seeking refuge from the evil of the whispering retreater. Yes. Good, and he engages in the remembrance of Allah, for the remembrance of Allah gives life to the heart and drives the Shaytan away from it. What Allah willed.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
As I told you, I work in a place far from the city and I am alone. When I am alone, I am often visited by some thoughts that I wish would not return to my mind. What do you advise me to do so that these bad thoughts stay away from my thinking? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It appears that the righteous are afflicted with waswas (whispers of Satan). May Allah help us. He is afflicted with it until night, and there is no trial, if Allah wills.
The questioner:
How is the repelling done, O Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
By leaving it, rejecting it, and seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Are there specific dhikr (remembrances) that help him stay away from these whispers and these thoughts?
The Shaykh:
Seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah the Exalted said:
And if an evil suggestion comes to you from Satan, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌIndeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/066 — archive.org (11:27)
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