1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,400 A man was afflicted with OCD. 2 00:00:03,220 --> 00:00:06,020 What should he do? Your advice? Allah preserve you. 3 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:09,300 It is one of Satan's ways. 4 00:00:13,370 --> 00:00:20,500 Waswas, at root, is a sign of a righteous servant and a sound heart. 5 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:24,680 For when Satan... 6 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,980 sees a righteous servant 7 00:00:29,500 --> 00:00:35,076 and that he can't mislead him by actions. He starts whispering to him. 8 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:38,760 So when that was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, he said. 9 00:00:38,860 --> 00:00:41,120 "Praise be to Allah, who turned back." 10 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:45,836 his plot to mere whispers. He had no power over us. 11 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,470 So he came with whispers. And he said of that, "That is pure faith." 12 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,016 This is the basis of whispering. Meaning: if it occurs, that proves it. 13 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:59,840 But this does not mean we praise those with waswas. 14 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:08,580 For yielding to misgivings is an evil that must be avoided. 15 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:11,480 Whoever has waswas is of two types. 16 00:01:12,500 --> 00:01:17,000 The first type is when intrusive whispers usually do not overwhelm him. 17 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:21,800 Waswas does not dominate him. Rather, it comes and goes. 18 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:28,956 And this is treated through frequent seeking refuge in Allah from it. 19 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,260 Spit to his left. 20 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:32,260 And read the Quran. 21 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:34,320 And read the hadiths. 22 00:01:36,420 --> 00:01:41,080 And the second type is when it becomes frequent for a person until it prevails. 23 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:45,860 This cannot be treated by actions. 24 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,580 Because the more he does, the more the waswas increases. 25 00:01:52,140 --> 00:01:58,516 Even if he recites the Quran, waswas worsens. How is it treated? 26 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,500 The jurists say its treatment is total disregard. 27 00:02:04,260 --> 00:02:05,600 What is total disregard? 28 00:02:06,380 --> 00:02:12,320 Do not act on it or heed it. Even if it comes to you. 29 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:16,359 Think of it as a madman talking behind you. 30 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:20,420 while you are certain that he cannot harm you. 31 00:02:21,580 --> 00:02:26,016 And do not do anything because of it. And do not leave anything because of it. 32 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:29,120 Some people, when misgivings come to them. 33 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,880 He opens the Quran to read it. 34 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,840 Then Iblis targets him and whispers in his recitation. 35 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,859 He stands to pray, and whispers come in prayer. 36 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:44,376 And do not leave anything because of it. 37 00:02:44,460 --> 00:02:48,376 If you are reciting the Quran and Satan keeps whispering to you. 38 00:02:48,460 --> 00:02:49,850 Don't stop reading. Continue. 39 00:02:51,540 --> 00:02:55,360 Stop if you want to stop reading. But not because of waswas. 40 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:01,160 If you do this and are patient, know that this takes patience. 41 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:08,540 Because Iblis comes to the obsessed as a sincere, caring adviser in prayer. 42 00:03:09,140 --> 00:03:09,800 It's prayer. 43 00:03:10,750 --> 00:03:15,300 Prayer links the servant to his Lord. If your prayer is invalid, what's left? 44 00:03:16,020 --> 00:03:18,160 Pay attention. Get out. Go. Make wudu. 45 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,660 So as to ruin his prayer for him He is no sincere adviser; he is Iblis. 46 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:31,296 So patience is needed Be patient with wudu. 47 00:03:31,380 --> 00:03:34,100 Whispers come to you. Do wudu and move on. 48 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:36,710 Iblis: "Something left." Say, "Nothing left." 49 00:03:37,540 --> 00:03:40,566 Ignore it. Go pray. By Allah, it won't harm you. 50 00:03:40,650 --> 00:03:42,700 By Allah, it won't harm you. 51 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:44,996 Reading Quran. 52 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,840 Iblis whispers. Go on. Ignore him. 53 00:03:47,420 --> 00:03:49,356 Go on. Read. By Allah, it won't harm you. 54 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,680 Rather, you will be rewarded for striving against Iblis. 55 00:03:53,660 --> 00:03:59,100 Then Iblis will give up on you leave this avenue and seek another. 56 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:01,656 Now, brothers, a brother like this. 57 00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:04,816 Who is said to have OCD, meaning that the waswas. 58 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:10,520 Has become dominant over him. His only treatment is complete disregard. 59 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:14,780 And complete disregard means knowing for sure it will not harm him. 60 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:19,356 And that Allah is Merciful. 61 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:23,596 He would not punish His servants with this. This isn't religion. 62 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,496 Allah ﷻ says, "He put no hardship on you in religion." 63 00:04:26,580 --> 00:04:32,640 How can someone perform wudu seventy times as part of the religion? 64 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,300 So know this, be certain of it, and that's it. 65 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:44,676 Do what people do and ignore it. And keep doing what you're doing. 66 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,760 Don't stop for whispers. 67 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,480 And do not do anything because of the whispers. 68 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,236 By Allah, by His leave, he'll recover. We tried it. 69 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,479 By Allah, brothers, a man came to me. 70 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,080 Satan whispers to him about his wife: "You divorced her." 71 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:03,520 And when he took her to her family and said, "Go to your family." 72 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,520 Iblis: "You divorced her." 73 00:05:07,180 --> 00:05:11,756 He'd sometimes call me at two or three a.m., saying, "Shaykh, now...". 74 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:15,159 She is beside me on the bed. She is my wife. I didn't divorce her. 75 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:22,520 At first, we told him: remember Allah until you turn away from this matter. 76 00:05:23,740 --> 00:05:26,166 He began remembering Allah, and Iblis came. 77 00:05:26,250 --> 00:05:28,880 If he said, "Subhan Allah," Iblis: "You mean divorce." 78 00:05:30,740 --> 00:05:33,920 If he said, "Allahu Akbar," Iblis: "You mean divorce." A symptom. 79 00:05:37,340 --> 00:05:39,320 When we saw it was severe for him. 80 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,060 We advised him to ignore it. He would ignore it awhile, then return. 81 00:05:45,660 --> 00:05:49,300 So sometimes he'd come to my house, and I'd throw him out. 82 00:05:52,980 --> 00:05:57,220 Because as long as he knows there's someone to relieve him, it will persist. 83 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,416 But after a while, we gave him the rule. 84 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:04,776 All praise and favor belong to Allah ﷻ. His life straightened out. 85 00:06:04,860 --> 00:06:08,856 And it went away from him completely because he held to this principle. 86 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:15,600 And I know many people, some of whom had waswas for over 20 years. 87 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,740 He came to us, we guided him, and were patient with him a while. 88 00:06:19,860 --> 00:06:22,216 Then Allah ﷻ cured him through this method. 89 00:06:22,300 --> 00:06:25,700 So my advice to the brother is, do as I mentioned. Allah ﷻ knows best.