Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Whispers in Ablution and Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person who is afflicted with obsessive intrusive thoughts (waswasah) during wudu' (ablution) and prayer, what should he do, given that he has tried and tried?
Answer:
So do what Allah mentioned:[Fussilat 41:36] Indeed, He is Hearing and Knowing. Use the seeking of refuge (istighathah) and may Allah protect you, if Allah wills. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person who is afflicted with obsessive intrusive thoughts (waswasah) during wudu' (ablution) and prayer, what should he do, given that he has tried and tried?
Answer:
So do what Allah mentioned:
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
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 108 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/الشحوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:07:45)
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