Is it legally obligatory to avoid doubtful matters, and what is the ruling concerning the obsessive person who views everything as doubtful, forbidden, or impure? Is it obligatory to adopt a precautionary approach and the stricter opinion in cases of jurisprudential disagreement?
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It is clear that obsessive whispering () has taken hold of you. We advise you to turn away from it and not pay it any mind. A Muslim is not obligated to adopt the strictest or most rigorous of opinions. If a person is afflicted by waswas, there is no harm in them taking the most lenient of scholarly opinions to alleviate hardship and remove difficulty.
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