Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Regarding Contagious Diseases
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I am a man suffering from severe obsessive compulsion regarding the fear of contagious diseases. His question, or rather his request, may Allah preserve you, is that you supplicate for his healing from this obsessive compulsion, and then give him your advice so that he can get rid of it?
Answer:
The cure for this obsessive compulsion is seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. When you feel the obsessive compulsion, seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan[Fussilat 41:36] This is the treatment. You leave the obsessive compulsion, and it will go away from you by the permission of Allah. Do not pay attention to the obsessive compulsion or react to it. Leave it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I am a man suffering from severe obsessive compulsion regarding the fear of contagious diseases. His question, or rather his request, may Allah preserve you, is that you supplicate for his healing from this obsessive compulsion, and then give him your advice so that he can get rid of it?
Answer:
The cure for this obsessive compulsion is seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. When you feel the obsessive compulsion, seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan
And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allah. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
وَإِمَّا يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك اتخاذها عيدًا — islamhouse.com (1:09:15)
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