Major waswas about najasa (I think)

[anonymous]

I have huge waswas, like big time. Recently it has been about dog saliva. I feel like I have some dog saliva on my clothes because one pair of pants touched a bag which maybe has dog saliva. Then Since the pants was wet i thought it got onto my leg so I took a sower, but during the shower a part of my leg touched the shower curtain (I live in a campus dorm so it is public). Then a few weeks later i accidentally touched the curtain with my pants so I thought it transferred. Then I went to wash it in the washing machine, then I went to wash my hands, then when I was grabbing soap my hands were wet and water fell on the floor and little splashes got on my foot, so now I think it is najis. A month ago I used the same soap dispenser to wash dog saliva off (I thought I had dog saliva not certain) so then I wash it like 15 times to make sure. This is killing me, this is just one example and I deal with this almost every day. Do I wash these things to make sure? Does najasa only transfer when I make sure? What about if you touch najasa and you don't know about it, then does it still transfer? I don't want to make everything najis.

[Sarahx]

What the heck lol.... Are you okay?
The saliva isn't going to kill you... If its washed off, its washed off. Stop making it a big deal, as if you're about to get cancer or something.
Do you have OCD? Cause it sure seems like it.

[Amanie_W]

Hey man, I empathise with you on such a high level! Listen I suffer from waswas aswell, a different kind, but it still references to najasah. I find myself showering all the time or if I try to brush off the thought of waswas I just feel disgusting when realistically i'm probably clean. I can relate when you say that everything you touch has become najasah but listen, it isn't. Allah SWT has commanded us to brush away the thoughts of waswas because they are from the shaytan, he wants you to suffer but remember that Allah does not let any hardship happen to someone if he knows they can't handle it. So, I recommend that you do this: if it has touched your pants, know that it hasn't touched your skin. When you get home, wash your pants and that's it, however if it has touched your skin, grab some wet wipes to clean your hands until you get home. Once your home, I suggest you get a potted plant with dirt/soil in it because you need to wash the area the saliva has touched with dirt ( this only applies if it has touched your skin ok, remember this). In terms of your pants, just rinse them under water first and throw them in the wash ok. I wanna high light the cleanliness of water for you, in the time of the prophet there was a man who urinated inside the kaabah, one man wanted to kill that man because of the disgusting and disrespectful action he had just done but the prophet said just throw water over it! That made me realise how much I can rely on only water to stay clean. If you touch something that you know has dog saliva on it, fair enough, do what I told you, but if you have no proof and it's just a thought that crossed your mind, then dismiss it immediately, that's the shaytan. So let's say you did get dog saliva on your hand, these are the steps I want you and need you to take to get rid of the najasah: 1- Say "Nawatul wudu il taharah" 2- grab a hand full of dirt and rub the area the saliva touched once. 3- Then rub the area with water 6 times. Done. That's all it takes to get rid of the najasah. Remember that only applies if it physically touched your skin. If its clothes, just rinse them and then throw it in the washing ok. You need to counter this waswas friend, i've had mine for over 2 months and I feel my life wasting away, mines at the point that I feel suicidal and just want to be done with this life like asap. In shaa Allah you never feel like that and if you do then I hope you regain your life and faith back. Read Quran, play surat al baraqah on your laptop and listen to it, even if it's just in the background, pray, ask Allah to get rid of whats happening but also work towards getting rid of it. Read surat Al Nas, that surat is specifically about waswas. Everday read these into your palms and blow three times at the end and wipe your palms over yourself so the quran reaches you: surat al fatiha x7 ayat ul kursi x7 surat al ikhlas x7 surat al falak x7 surat al nas x7 that will protect you in shaa Allah. Every time you feel the waswas getting to you say "3athu bilahi min il shaytaan il rajim" 3 times and turn to your left side and spit (not physically) 3 times! The longer you let this consume you the worse it'll get. So try and pray hard for Allah to help you through all this because Allah ALWAYS wants you to turn to him, we should always try to turn to Allah first before any one else. The shaytaan tricks you badly but the more you research into the root of all this the more clear sighted you become and the more rationally you can think. I suggest you strongly stay away from online forums about these things because they can 100% be misleading and cause your waswas to become worse. Do your research from books or listen to a trusted sheik, I recommend Mufti Ismail Menk, mashaa Allah he is an amazing sheik and will put your heart at ease. Read the book "Don't Be Sad" there is also a book called "Facing Calamities" by Amir Muhammad Al-Hilali that high lightes so many significant points for you and me and I strongly believe it will help In shaa Allah. One last thing, always recite dhikr, all the time, buy a masabha (prayer beads) so you keep count of your dhikr. Look up dhikr and it'll tell you what to say and how many times! I really hope this works for you, I'll make dua for you In Shaa Allah. Stay safe friend and may Allah SWT be with you.

[AbdurRahman.]

Sister this is how the shaytan is messing up your imaan and life; with waswasa which you should ignore

the rulings on uncleanliness is that one has to be 100% sure without a shred of doubt that indeed some filth has got on their body or clothes so touching a handbag which might have had dog saliva etc is no reason to think some dog saliva is on your clothes as you cannot even be 10 percent sure let alone a 100% right????

so follow the 'certainty' rule and life would be much more easier for you :)

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[cinnamonrolls1]

what exactly is waswas?

[cinnamonrolls1]

I hear about it a lot,but i don't know what it is tbh

[Umm Abed]

what exactly is waswas?

Its evil whisperings of the satan, he makes you doubt things especially about cleanliness and matters relating to imaan.

[cinnamonrolls1]

Its evil whisperings of the satan, he makes you doubt things especially about cleanliness and matters relating to imaan.

ah thank you for explaining

[FaizanSH]

Okay With the help of (Allah SWT) If he wills i may help you to overcome wasawis ...