Treating the feeling of having broken one's ablution during prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes during my ablution, I feel that my ablution has been broken, and the same happens during prayer. I do not know if this is real or just obsessive thoughts. This has led me to delay and abandon the congregational prayer. What is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
The advice is to leave the obsessive thoughts. This is waswas (whispers of Satan), so leave it. If you feel it, seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan and leave it. Continue with your ablution and continue with your prayer. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes during my ablution, I feel that my ablution has been broken, and the same happens during prayer. I do not know if this is real or just obsessive thoughts. This has led me to delay and abandon the congregational prayer. What is the advice in this matter?
Answer:
The advice is to leave the obsessive thoughts. This is waswas (whispers of Satan), so leave it. If you feel it, seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan and leave it. Continue with your ablution and continue with your prayer. Praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الجواب عما احتج به أهل الوسواس — islamhouse.com (52:14)
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