Advice for one afflicted with intrusive thoughts who finds it difficult to leave them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that his full brother has been afflicted with everything mentioned in today's lesson. He knows the treatment for intrusive thoughts, but he says it is difficult for him not to pay attention to them. So what do we advise him?
Answer:
I advise him to leave the intrusive thoughts, because they increase upon him. If he interacts with the intrusive thoughts, they increase and confuse him. So he has to leave these matters. The religion is easy and lenient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says that his full brother has been afflicted with everything mentioned in today's lesson. He knows the treatment for intrusive thoughts, but he says it is difficult for him not to pay attention to them. So what do we advise him?
Answer:
I advise him to leave the intrusive thoughts, because they increase upon him. If he interacts with the intrusive thoughts, they increase and confuse him. So he has to leave these matters. The religion is easy and lenient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك الوسواس في انتقاض الطهارة لا يلتفت إليه — islamhouse.com (54:38)
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