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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Getting Rid of Whispers in Ablution and Purity

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Question:
Finally, Your Eminence the Shaykh, how does a Muslim get rid of whispers in ablution and purity?

Answer:
He seeks refuge in Allah from Shaytan, stops, and builds on what he has done, without paying attention to the whispers, for whenever he listens to them, he hopes for the enemy of Allah. However, it is obligatory for him to cut them off and build on what he is certain of in his ablution, his prayer, and other matters. This is what is prescribed. If the whispers become frequent for him, he discards them and builds on his suspicion. But if the whispers are few, he builds on certainty in his purification, his tawaf, and his prayer; he builds on certainty. So if he doubts whether he washed his hand, he washes it; if he doubts whether he washed his foot, he washes it immediately. As for after the purification and completion, if a new doubt arises, he does not pay attention to it. Likewise, if he performs tawaf and then a doubt arises, he does not pay attention to it. Likewise, after the prayer, if a doubt arises after the prayer, he does not pay attention to it. But if the doubt is in the prayer itself, in the tawaf itself, or in the ablution itself, he builds on what he is certain of, unless it becomes frequent, in which case it is discarded whispers; he builds on what occurred in his suspicion and continues, and that is sufficient. He discards these doubts that have become frequent for him. But if the whispers are few, he builds on certainty in his tawaf, his prayer, and his ablution.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، مقدمة، والتعريف بالكتاب، وكتاب الطهارة — islamhouse.com (16:43)

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