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What is the ruling on one who faces difficulty pronouncing the name "Allah" and the takbir "Allahu Akbar" due to obsessive-compulsive disorder, and does that affect their devotion in prayer?

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The cure for whisperings (waswasah) is to ignore them and not pay attention to them. So, when you say the Takbeer for Ihram, suffice with a single Takbeer, and do not pay attention to the whisperings of Satan that your Takbeer is incorrect. No matter how much Satan beautifies the idea that you have left out a letter or a word, do not respond to him. The matter requires patience and striving against the self.

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