What is the ruling on cleanliness OCD?
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Obsessive whispering (waswasah) is a disease and an ailment that corrupts one's religious practice and worldly life if it takes hold of a person. The afflicted individual must turn away from it and pay no attention to it, for indulging in it leads to great evil.
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