Abandoning prayer due to sleep from medication for obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A person suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and went to a doctor. Some doctors prescribe medication that causes him to sleep so he can rest. He says: Sometimes he sleeps for a day or two and does not pray. Is he held accountable for this?
Answer:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder may be from Shaytan, or it may be a psychological illness. Doctors treat only the psychological illness, whereas obsessive-compulsive disorder is not treated by doctors. This is not treated except by the remembrance of Allah, seeking refuge in Allah from Shaytan, and not paying attention to it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A person suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and went to a doctor. Some doctors prescribe medication that causes him to sleep so he can rest. He says: Sometimes he sleeps for a day or two and does not pray. Is he held accountable for this?
Answer:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder may be from Shaytan, or it may be a psychological illness. Doctors treat only the psychological illness, whereas obsessive-compulsive disorder is not treated by doctors. This is not treated except by the remembrance of Allah, seeking refuge in Allah from Shaytan, and not paying attention to it. 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 (1:18:08)
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