How to deal with a wife who does not pray due to obsessive thoughts

Question:
A message from Jeddah signed by one of the brothers, saying: Your brother in Allah, Sa'd. The brother Sa'd says: The wife who does not pray is not doing so by her own will, but because of obsessive thoughts. Is it permissible for her husband to have relations with her and for her to remain with him? She is unable to perform wudu' or even tayammum due to her illness, as I said: because of the obsessive thoughts. Does she pray without wudu'?

Answer:
It is obligatory to teach her and guide her, and that the obsessive thoughts that afflict her are not permissible for her to yield to or utilize until she neglects the prayer. Rather, she must abandon them and pray. You must clarify this to her and command her to do so, even through discipline, even through appropriate, non-harmful beating. This is because abandoning the prayer is major shirk. Therefore, you must pay attention to this matter, compel her to pray, and guide her to good, so that she abandons the obsessive thoughts and prays the prayer that Allah has made obligatory upon her. This requires struggle and patience, which is necessary, because ignorance is a chronic disease.
Therefore, teaching, guidance, and direction are necessary from you, and from her mother and father, if she has parents, or from her relatives. Cooperation in righteousness and piety is necessary so that she understands the religious ruling.

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