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What is the ruling on the prayer of a physically disabled woman who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and recurrent urination and istinja’ (washing after urinating/defecating), and fears the leakage of urine during prayer, and takes a long time in the restroom due to the lack of someone to help her, and bathes daily because she cannot differentiate between madhy (pre-ejaculatory fluid) and mani (spermatic fluid), and feels pleasure when she begins to pray? And does she pray while impure? And which is more important: purity or the passing of the prayer time? And is it permissible to hire a maid with money from Murabaha financing? And how should she pray, and should she repeat her ablution or perform tayammum (dry ablution)?

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You must fight against obsessive thoughts and strive to get rid of them, because succumbing to them leads to great evil. Do not go to perform istinjāʾ (washing after relieving oneself) unless you are absolutely certain that something has exited; otherwise, act upon the original principle, which is the persistence of purity (ṭahārah). When you relieve yourself, promptly perform istinjāʾ and leave. It is sufficient to pour water over the place of impurity until you predominantly believe it has been removed. You are not required to perform ghusl (ritual bath) unless you are absolutely certain that manī (seminal fluid) has exited, which necessitates ghusl. If you doubt whether what exited is manī or madhī (pre-seminal fluid), then you have a choice. Do not interrupt your prayer due to doubts or obsessive thoughts. Performing prayer on time takes precedence over removing a confirmed impurity, so what about a mere illusion or obsessive thought? Tawarraq (a type of transaction) is permissible.

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