What is the criterion for hardship and how should one deal with intrusive thoughts (waswasah) and incontinence (sals) when experiencing urinary dripping similar to incontinence?

Evil thoughts must be repelled, and abandoning Islam is a clear loss, and abandoning prayer is one of the greatest sins. To treat obsessive thoughts, one must ignore them. There is no blame on the one afflicted with obsessive thoughts for adopting the easier opinion. He can adopt the view of the Malikis, who are lenient regarding ritual impurity for someone with urinary incontinence. The criterion for hardship that permits leniency varies with different acts of worship. The jurist must determine the minimum hardship for an act of worship, and then measure other hardships against it.