A woman afflicted with obsessive doubts regarding ritual purity and prayer: what should she do?
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The questioner : Shaykh, we are actually beginning this session with a message. This questioner requested that we present this message to your eminence, that you read it, and then respond to it through the program *Nur 'ala al-Darb*. Here is the message, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. I read this message and found that the sender has been afflicted with obsessive doubts, and Satan has played with her. My advice to her is not to pay attention to these doubts, but to believe in Allah and His Messenger, and to seek refuge in Allah from Satan whenever she feels such doubts. She should proceed with her prayer, her ritual purity, listening to beneficial tapes, and so on. She should not care about what Satan casts into her heart of matters that may divert her from the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). She should not despair of the mercy of Allah. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for her. Many people, both men and women, have been afflicted with this. But the way to deal with it is for a person to say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," and to proceed with his affairs without caring about these doubts that occur to him.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. I read this message and found that the sender has been afflicted with obsessive doubts, and Satan has played with her. My advice to her is not to pay attention to these doubts, but to believe in Allah and His Messenger, and to seek refuge in Allah from Satan whenever she feels such doubts. She should proceed with her prayer, her ritual purity, listening to beneficial tapes, and so on. She should not care about what Satan casts into her heart of matters that may divert her from the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). She should not despair of the mercy of Allah. We ask Allah for guidance for us and for her. Many people, both men and women, have been afflicted with this. But the way to deal with it is for a person to say, "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan," and to proceed with his affairs without caring about these doubts that occur to him.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.