What is the Shari'ah remedy for one who is afflicted with waswas (whispers) and excessive overthinking?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes I am afflicted with waswas (whispers), excessive overthinking, and illusions. What is the Shari'ah remedy for this matter?
Answer:
The remembrance of Allah the Exalted. You should increase in the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of[An-Nahl 16:98], and it will go away from you, by the permission of Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes I am afflicted with waswas (whispers), excessive overthinking, and illusions. What is the Shari'ah remedy for this matter?
Answer:
The remembrance of Allah the Exalted. You should increase in the remembrance of Allah and the recitation of
the Qur'an, [first] seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].
الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4692- 4717] ما العلاج الشرعي لمن ابتلي بالوسواس وكثرة التفكير؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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