How to Treat Obsessions in Ablution
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Question:
One of the sisters asks your Eminence, saying: I am a girl who suffers from obsessions, in that I do not always pray some of the prayers at their times. I remain in the state of ablution from the call to prayer until the end of the prayer time, and sometimes outside of it; because I do not become certain that the water has reached every part of the limbs of ablution, so I keep rubbing the limb until I am completely certain that it has been thoroughly washed. However, I want to be like other people, so that I do not spend this long duration that bothers me and bothers my family greatly. So guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This action is reprehensible; it is not permissible for you. This is from the adornment of Satan. Satan is an enemy who comes to people from the direction of religion, so that he may adorn for them obsession, severity, and exaggeration that Allah has not prescribed.
So it is obligatory for you to perform ablution as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions performed it, and that is sufficient for you. This is a short duration; five minutes, or ten minutes, is enough. You rinse your mouth, and if there is urine or feces, you clean yourself in a few moments after finishing urinating or defecating. You wash the place of impurity with water until it returns to its original state, and that is sufficient, or you clean yourself with tissues and the like, three times or more, until the place of impurity is removed, until the impurity is completely removed. Then you rinse your mouth and sniff water three times with three mouthfuls, and once is sufficient. Then you wash your face three times, and once is sufficient, or twice. Then you wash your arms three times, and once is sufficient, or twice, including the elbows, and it is sufficient even if you do not rub them; the water passing over them is sufficient—over the arms. Then you wipe your head and your ears once. Then you wash your feet, each foot once, or twice, and the most complete is three times, including the heels. And five minutes, or six minutes, or ten minutes is sufficient for this.
As for sitting to rub, and repeating, and asking, "Did I wash it thoroughly?" or "Did I not wash it thoroughly?"—this is from Satan. All of this is reprehensible. So it is obligatory for you to repent to Allah, and to beware of this bad action, and to do what Allah has prescribed of ablution, which is easy and facilitated in a few minutes. We ask Allah for you well-being and guidance.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
One of the sisters asks your Eminence, saying: I am a girl who suffers from obsessions, in that I do not always pray some of the prayers at their times. I remain in the state of ablution from the call to prayer until the end of the prayer time, and sometimes outside of it; because I do not become certain that the water has reached every part of the limbs of ablution, so I keep rubbing the limb until I am completely certain that it has been thoroughly washed. However, I want to be like other people, so that I do not spend this long duration that bothers me and bothers my family greatly. So guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This action is reprehensible; it is not permissible for you. This is from the adornment of Satan. Satan is an enemy who comes to people from the direction of religion, so that he may adorn for them obsession, severity, and exaggeration that Allah has not prescribed.
So it is obligatory for you to perform ablution as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions performed it, and that is sufficient for you. This is a short duration; five minutes, or ten minutes, is enough. You rinse your mouth, and if there is urine or feces, you clean yourself in a few moments after finishing urinating or defecating. You wash the place of impurity with water until it returns to its original state, and that is sufficient, or you clean yourself with tissues and the like, three times or more, until the place of impurity is removed, until the impurity is completely removed. Then you rinse your mouth and sniff water three times with three mouthfuls, and once is sufficient. Then you wash your face three times, and once is sufficient, or twice. Then you wash your arms three times, and once is sufficient, or twice, including the elbows, and it is sufficient even if you do not rub them; the water passing over them is sufficient—over the arms. Then you wipe your head and your ears once. Then you wash your feet, each foot once, or twice, and the most complete is three times, including the heels. And five minutes, or six minutes, or ten minutes is sufficient for this.
As for sitting to rub, and repeating, and asking, "Did I wash it thoroughly?" or "Did I not wash it thoroughly?"—this is from Satan. All of this is reprehensible. So it is obligatory for you to repent to Allah, and to beware of this bad action, and to do what Allah has prescribed of ablution, which is easy and facilitated in a few minutes. We ask Allah for you well-being and guidance.
The presenter: O Allah, amen. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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