I hope you will guide me and show me the way to free me from this problem
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The questioner : He says: Honorable Shaykh, I hope you will guide me and show me the way to free me from this problem: For when I perform the full ritual bath to remove major ritual impurity, I sit under the shower for a long period, which may reach one or two hours
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : And this causes me distress, and this is due to excessive rubbing. My question, O honorableThe Shaykh : What are the areas that one should focus on when rubbing, where the water does not reach?
The Shaykh : First: There is no doubt that the man who asked this question is afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas). We ask Allah to remove it from him, because the full ritual bath is easy: passing your hand over your body without rubbing is sufficient. In fact, if a person immerses himself in a pool with the intention of removing the state of ritual impurity and then comes out of it, his state of ritual impurity is removed, and he only has to rinse his mouth and inhale water into his nose. This is for major ritual impurity.
As for the ablution for prayer, it is necessary to follow the order: washing the face first, then the hands, then wiping the head, then the feet.
So my advice to this brother is: do not pay attention to this. Perform the ablution for prayer first, then pour water over his head until it is thoroughly wet, then wash the rest of his body. He should check his armpits, because water may slip off them, and likewise he should check the area between his thighs. The rest is clear. And if he passes his hand over his body, the objective has been achieved. Yes.
The Shaykh : I seek refuge in Allah.
The questioner : And this causes me distress, and this is due to excessive rubbing. My question, O honorableThe Shaykh : What are the areas that one should focus on when rubbing, where the water does not reach?
The Shaykh : First: There is no doubt that the man who asked this question is afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas). We ask Allah to remove it from him, because the full ritual bath is easy: passing your hand over your body without rubbing is sufficient. In fact, if a person immerses himself in a pool with the intention of removing the state of ritual impurity and then comes out of it, his state of ritual impurity is removed, and he only has to rinse his mouth and inhale water into his nose. This is for major ritual impurity.
As for the ablution for prayer, it is necessary to follow the order: washing the face first, then the hands, then wiping the head, then the feet.
So my advice to this brother is: do not pay attention to this. Perform the ablution for prayer first, then pour water over his head until it is thoroughly wet, then wash the rest of his body. He should check his armpits, because water may slip off them, and likewise he should check the area between his thighs. The rest is clear. And if he passes his hand over his body, the objective has been achieved. Yes.