The ruling on going to doctors to treat what is called obsessive-compulsive disorder

Question:
Our Shaykh, Salih, in reality, is there any harm in taking treatment from specialists and presenting oneself to doctors who specialize in this, Shaykh?

Answer:
Yes, the obsessive thoughts may be due to a nervous illness, a psychological illness. This has a treatment with doctors, and there is no objection to going to them and seeking for him a cure from what Allah has permitted. Indeed, Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not send down a religion without sending down for it a cure; He made its knowledge known to those who know it and its ignorance to those who are ignorant of it. This is if the obsessive thoughts are the result of a nervous illness. But if the obsessive thoughts are the result of Satan’s interference or Satan’s dominance, then this is treated by the remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.