What is the ruling on a person afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswasah) adopting the following dispensations (rukhas): the sunnah of rinsing the mouth (madmadah) and sniffing water into the nose (istinshaq) during fasting, despite the presence of water remnants after expelling it from the mouth; the permissibility of inhaling the steam from food and the smoke from spices; and the choice between considering it semen (maniy), secretions, or pre-seminal fluid (madhiy) when in doubt about a wet dream (ihtilam)?
The person afflicted with intrusive thoughts (waswasa) may avail themselves of the scholarly opinions that are easy for them to adopt. There is no better cure for intrusive thoughts than to disregard them.
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