Leaving prayer due to obsessive thoughts
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Question:
A woman asks, saying that her husband has become one who prays only rarely because of obsessive thoughts, and he sometimes combines the prayers. He is distressed by this and has treated himself with psychiatrists, but he is still in the same state. Her question is: Is it permissible for her to remain with him in this state of leaving many obligatory prayers?
Answer:
Answer: He has not left prayer, but he is afflicted with obsessive thoughts. He has not intentionally left prayer. One who leaves it because of obsessive thoughts treats the obsessive thoughts. He treats it by seeking refuge in Allah from Satan to abandon the obsessive thoughts, and to treat himself if he has a mental illness that causes this, he undergoes treatment.
A woman asks, saying that her husband has become one who prays only rarely because of obsessive thoughts, and he sometimes combines the prayers. He is distressed by this and has treated himself with psychiatrists, but he is still in the same state. Her question is: Is it permissible for her to remain with him in this state of leaving many obligatory prayers?
Answer:
Answer: He has not left prayer, but he is afflicted with obsessive thoughts. He has not intentionally left prayer. One who leaves it because of obsessive thoughts treats the obsessive thoughts. He treats it by seeking refuge in Allah from Satan to abandon the obsessive thoughts, and to treat himself if he has a mental illness that causes this, he undergoes treatment.
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