What is your advice to someone who does not leave his home, prays therein, suffers from obsessions, and desires to grow his beard and adhere to the Sunnah, and rid himself of his obsessions?
"Growing the beard is obligatory according to the majority of scholars, and what was mentioned in the question is not an excuse for not growing it. Therefore, one must hasten to perform this obligation. As for obsessive thoughts (waswas), their cure is by ignoring them and turning away from them. One can also consult a specialized doctor and seek help from the counseling department, while striving to resist these obsessive thoughts and supplicating to Allah Almighty to remove this ailment and grant success in adhering to the Shariah."
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