My brother is suffering from obsessive thoughts (waswas) to the point that he abandoned the prayer, and then he returned to it after a period. What is the ruling on such a case?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My brother is suffering from obsessive thoughts (waswas) to the point that he abandoned the prayer for a time, and then he returned to it. What is the ruling on such a case?
Answer:
The ruling is that he must make up the prayers he abandoned due to the illness. This waswas is an illness. If the waswas subsides or goes away, he must make up what he left.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My brother is suffering from obsessive thoughts (waswas) to the point that he abandoned the prayer for a time, and then he returned to it. What is the ruling on such a case?
Answer:
The ruling is that he must make up the prayers he abandoned due to the illness. This waswas is an illness. If the waswas subsides or goes away, he must make up what he left.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [388 -3022] أخي مريض بالوساوس حتى وصل به الأمر إلى ترك الصلاة ثم عاد إليها بعد فترة فما حكم مثل هذا؟ — youtube.com
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