Treating Obsessive Compulsions in Ablution and Prolonged Sitting
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Question:
He says: When I perform wudu (ablution), I find that I spend too much time in the bathroom. I overdid it, and the first one (urine) came down. Does the state of purity end if you prolong that? Sometimes I feel that after wudu, I am still not certain about it. I ask for clarification of the correct position in this matter.
Answer:
This is a affliction from which many people today complain; they have been afflicted with waswas (obsessive doubts). It is an affliction that has appeared among people, especially among the youth. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to pay attention to waswas. He should leave it, reject it, and seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan. If he leaves it and does not pay attention to it, it will disappear from him, by the permission of Allah. It will disappear from him, by the permission of Allah. But if he interacts with the waswas and takes it seriously, it will increase upon him, because waswas is from Shaytan. There is a Shaytan who is present at the time of wudu. It was said to al-Walhan that he whispers to people. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to pay attention to waswas; this is from one aspect.
The second aspect is that he should make a time interval between his urination and his wudu. That is, he should not urinate when he wants to perform wudu. Rather, he should urinate in a period where he can engage in dhikr (remembrance of Allah) until he performs a sound wudu. As for the one who urinates and then performs wudu immediately, he is often afflicted with waswas. So what we advise is not to urinate when one wants to perform wudu, but to urinate and relieve oneself at a time prior to wudu, so that he can be active (in dhikr) until this waswas stops. Yes.
He says: When I perform wudu (ablution), I find that I spend too much time in the bathroom. I overdid it, and the first one (urine) came down. Does the state of purity end if you prolong that? Sometimes I feel that after wudu, I am still not certain about it. I ask for clarification of the correct position in this matter.
Answer:
This is a affliction from which many people today complain; they have been afflicted with waswas (obsessive doubts). It is an affliction that has appeared among people, especially among the youth. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to pay attention to waswas. He should leave it, reject it, and seek refuge in Allah from Shaytan. If he leaves it and does not pay attention to it, it will disappear from him, by the permission of Allah. It will disappear from him, by the permission of Allah. But if he interacts with the waswas and takes it seriously, it will increase upon him, because waswas is from Shaytan. There is a Shaytan who is present at the time of wudu. It was said to al-Walhan that he whispers to people. It is obligatory for the Muslim not to pay attention to waswas; this is from one aspect.
The second aspect is that he should make a time interval between his urination and his wudu. That is, he should not urinate when he wants to perform wudu. Rather, he should urinate in a period where he can engage in dhikr (remembrance of Allah) until he performs a sound wudu. As for the one who urinates and then performs wudu immediately, he is often afflicted with waswas. So what we advise is not to urinate when one wants to perform wudu, but to urinate and relieve oneself at a time prior to wudu, so that he can be active (in dhikr) until this waswas stops. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الوضوء - 2 — islamhouse.com (33:02)
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