Is the circumambulation of Ifadah and the Hajj valid for one afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswas) who confuses doubt with certainty regarding the emission of wind or prostatic fluid (madhy) during the circumambulation? Is ritual purity a condition for it, or an obligation that can be compensated for by a sacrifice? Is it permissible to follow the Maliki school of thought, which allows for its compensation by a sacrifice?
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You do not need to adhere to the Hanafi school of thought, because your purification and circumambulation are valid. Doubt regarding the invalidation of ritual purity after circumambulation has no effect. The whisperings (waswas) that afflicted you are from Satan to corrupt your worship and make you averse to obedience, so pay no attention to them.
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