The Woman Suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Delaying the Prayer
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Question:
And this (may Allah preserve him) asks, saying: I have a mother who is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, so she does not pray except after long intervals. He asks: Is she excused for that?
Answer:
Allah knows her condition best. I do not say she is excused or that she is not excused, but she must treat the obsessive-compulsive disorder. Its treatment is through dhikr (remembrance of Allah), through reciting the Qur'an, through ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and through the morning and evening adhkar (remembrances). Yes.
And this (may Allah preserve him) asks, saying: I have a mother who is suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, so she does not pray except after long intervals. He asks: Is she excused for that?
Answer:
Allah knows her condition best. I do not say she is excused or that she is not excused, but she must treat the obsessive-compulsive disorder. Its treatment is through dhikr (remembrance of Allah), through reciting the Qur'an, through ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and through the morning and evening adhkar (remembrances). Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده الذي بلغ به من الجهال ما بلغ : الوسواس — islamhouse.com (56:31)
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