Treatment for the person with obsessive doubts who lingers in the bathroom
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A man among us has reached such a state of obsessive doubts (waswas) that he goes to the mosque bathrooms before the Fajr adhan, and the sun rises before he comes out of them.
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best.
The questioner:
So one day I got up, took a container with water in it, and sprinkled it on him, and I told him, “This is urine; your prayer is valid.” His condition ended. He says: Did I do the right thing?
The Shaykh:
I do not know, by Allah. You told him, “This is urine,” fearing it would increase his waswas. Yes, but tell him to leave the waswas. The thing that saves you from waswas is seeking refuge in Allah from Satan, along with leaving the waswas and not paying attention to it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
This questioner says: A man among us has reached such a state of obsessive doubts (waswas) that he goes to the mosque bathrooms before the Fajr adhan, and the sun rises before he comes out of them.
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best.
The questioner:
So one day I got up, took a container with water in it, and sprinkled it on him, and I told him, “This is urine; your prayer is valid.” His condition ended. He says: Did I do the right thing?
The Shaykh:
I do not know, by Allah. You told him, “This is urine,” fearing it would increase his waswas. Yes, but tell him to leave the waswas. The thing that saves you from waswas is seeking refuge in Allah from Satan, along with leaving the waswas and not paying attention to it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ثم إن طائفة الموسوسين قد تحقق منهم طاعة الشيطان — islamhouse.com (55:50)
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