What should one do if he has severe obsessive-compulsive doubts regarding ablution and prayer?
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Question:
I have a brother who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive doubts regarding ablution and prayer. At every prayer time, he asks how to perform ablution, and someone is appointed to count the number of times he performs it for him. Is it obligatory to answer him at every prayer?
Answer:
It is obligatory to teach him to reject the obsessive-compulsive doubts, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, perform ablution, and leave it alone, because if you teach him and inform him every time, the doubts will increase for him. So teach him that he should seek refuge in Allah from Satan, say the name of Allah at the beginning of the ablution, and continue with his ablution. Then, by the permission of Allah, it will diminish and disappear.
I have a brother who suffers from severe obsessive-compulsive doubts regarding ablution and prayer. At every prayer time, he asks how to perform ablution, and someone is appointed to count the number of times he performs it for him. Is it obligatory to answer him at every prayer?
Answer:
It is obligatory to teach him to reject the obsessive-compulsive doubts, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, perform ablution, and leave it alone, because if you teach him and inform him every time, the doubts will increase for him. So teach him that he should seek refuge in Allah from Satan, say the name of Allah at the beginning of the ablution, and continue with his ablution. Then, by the permission of Allah, it will diminish and disappear.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يفعل من لديه وسواس شديد في الوضوء والصلاة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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