Is a person who neglected his prayers for seven months due to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and urinary incontinence considered to have committed an act of apostasy that expels him from the fold of Islam? What should he do to renew his faith, and is it necessary for him to pronounce the Two Testimonies (Shahadatayn)? What should he do regarding urinary incontinence, and is it necessary for him to wait for a long time after relieving himself to ensure that nothing else comes out? How can this problem be dealt with without suffering from obsessive thoughts?
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A Muslim is not permitted to abandon prayer as long as he is of sound mind, no matter what his excuse. He must treat himself like a person with urinary incontinence, combining the joint prayers and performing ablution at the time of prayer. He should take precautions to prevent his body and clothes from being defiled by impurities, and remove or change the diaper at the time of prayer.
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