Treating Obsessions with Islamic Knowledge or a Psychologist
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the treatment for obsessions solely through Islamic knowledge, or is it necessary to go to a psychologist?
Answer:
This varies. If the person is afflicted with a psychological illness, he goes to the psychologists and they treat him. If what he is afflicted with is not a psychological illness but rather obsessions, then the treatment is to leave them and seek refuge in Allah from them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the treatment for obsessions solely through Islamic knowledge, or is it necessary to go to a psychologist?
Answer:
This varies. If the person is afflicted with a psychological illness, he goes to the psychologists and they treat him. If what he is afflicted with is not a psychological illness but rather obsessions, then the treatment is to leave them and seek refuge in Allah from them. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (54:40)
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