Advice for the one whose wife is excessively preoccupied with cleanliness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My wife is excessively preoccupied with cleanliness, very preoccupied with cleanliness, to the extent that she spends her day cleaning the house, and she likes everything to be clean. He says: When I advise her, she refuses, and says that the negligence is on my part, and that this is a fundamental thing. What is your advice to me and to her in this matter?
Answer:
It is a valid case; she is afflicted with waswas (obsessive doubts). She should seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan and leave the waswas. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My wife is excessively preoccupied with cleanliness, very preoccupied with cleanliness, to the extent that she spends her day cleaning the house, and she likes everything to be clean. He says: When I advise her, she refuses, and says that the negligence is on my part, and that this is a fundamental thing. What is your advice to me and to her in this matter?
Answer:
It is a valid case; she is afflicted with waswas (obsessive doubts). She should seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan and leave the waswas. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك : أن الناس في عصر الصحابة والتابعين ومن بعدهم كانوا يأتون المساجد حفاة في الطين وغيره — islamhouse.com (1:05:59)
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