Do dreams that involve arousal after ruqyah, and the sensation of semen, necessitate ghusl or not, given the doubt about its emission? And does merely feeling dampness inside one's clothes invalidate prayer or not? And is it correct to refrain from checking for madhy when feeling wetness, out of fear of waswasah (obsessive doubts)? And is the intention for wudu’ broken merely by thinking of discontinuing it due to waswasah? And what should I do if I forget the details of washing a impurity due to waswasah, and must I dwell on them? And is water splashed from istinja’ with rubbing impure, and does the ruling of pardon apply to it if the rubbing was intentional? And is what comes out after istinja’ considered natural secretions with the presence of doubt, along with a feeling of arousal during istinja’? And does waswasah in thinking about disbelief necessitate worry if I cannot recall the content of such thoughts?
These questions all stem from waswasah (whispers of the Satan/obsessive doubt), and the only cure for it is to ignore them and pay them no mind. When in doubt about something coming out or something becoming impure, the default is purity, so do not pay attention to the doubt. Water that separates from a ghusl (ritual bath) is pure unless it has changed due to impurity. For istinja' (cleaning after relieving oneself), it is sufficient to pour water until one is reasonably certain that the impurity has been removed, without washing the inner part of the private organ. In wudu' (ablution), if you doubt whether you have completed washing a limb, dismiss the doubt and consider the washing complete. It is not necessary to perform ghusl for impurity; rather, merely pouring water over it suffices. Do not rule that madhi (pre-seminal fluid) or mani (seminal fluid) has exited unless you have certain conviction. As for blasphemous thoughts, they do not harm as long as you detest them.
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