How can one atone for repeated oaths made due to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and is there a special ruling if they were not uttered? What is the ruling on oaths conditioned on the love of God and obsessive thoughts? What is the ruling on profuse blood coming from the nose or entering the throat during ablution (wudu), prayer (salat), and fasting (sawm)? Does wiping off a small amount of impurity affect the validity of prayer? And what is the ruling on eating camel meat concerning ablution?
It is recommended to ignore obsessive thoughts, strengthen one's will, and consult trustworthy doctors.
Swearing to abandon obsessive thoughts with conditional sentences like, "If I love Allah, I will not do it," is not the cure. Rather, the cure is to ignore the obsessive thoughts.
Mental oaths do not incur expiation (kaffarah). As for multiple verbal oaths concerning a single matter, only one expiation is due. If the sworn-upon matters are multiple, then according to the majority of scholars, each oath requires an expiation. However, according to the Hanbalis, only one expiation is required unless one has already offered expiation.
The expiation for an oath is feeding ten needy persons, or clothing them, or freeing a slave. If one is unable to do so, then one must fast for three days.
Saying "If I love Allah, I will not do it" and then doing it is not disbelief (kufr).
Nosebleed (epistaxis) does not invalidate ablution (wudu') according to the Maliki and Shafi'i schools. Intentionally swallowing it is not permissible due to its impurity.
The emission of a small amount of blood during prayer does not invalidate it. However, a large, excessive amount invalidates it, and it must be removed, and the prayer restarted. The emission of nosebleed during fasting does not affect the validity of the fast.
Fearing the impurity of things is an obsessive thought, and the default state of things is purity. Praying with an impure hand is not permissible; it must be washed before prayer.
Eating camel meat invalidates ablution according to Ahmad, in contrast to the majority, and this is a strong opinion. Camel milk and broth do not invalidate ablution. Doubt about eating camel meat does not invalidate ablution, because certainty is not removed by doubt.
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