Curing Insinuating Whispers in Purification
Question

                I am a young married woman and I have been suffering from the problem of waswas (insinuating thoughts from Shaytan) for quite some time. This waswas distracts me when I do wudu (ablution), to the extent that I cannot continue properly. It takes me an hour and a half each time I do wudu, because I think that I have not completed it. It is the same with ghusl (taking a bath) for janabah (impurity following marital relations) – it takes me hours, and I think that I have not cleaned myself or become pure (tahir). I have been in the hospital for psychological illnesses. What do you advise me to do?
Praise be to Allah.Continue with 
	your treatment in the hospital for psychological illnesses and with the 
	doctors, in the hope that Allah may grant you healing. Seek the help of 
	Allah and ask Him to cure you of your illness. Recite Ayat al-Kursi 
	when you lie down to sleep. Say: “Bismillahi-lladhi la yadurru ma’a 
	ismihi shay un fi’l-ardi wa laa fi’s-sama wa huwa as-Samee’ al-‘Aleem 
	(In the Name of Allah, with (the mention of) Whose Name nothing on earth or 
	in heaven can do any harm, and He is the All-Hearing, All-Knowing)” three 
	times in the morning and three times in the evening. Treat yourself with 
	ruqya (shar’ee incantations) by reciting Soorat al-Ikhlas and al-Mu’awwadhatayn 
	[the last two soorahs of the Quran] three times, blowing into your hands 
	each time and wiping your hands over as much of your body as you can, before 
	you go to sleep, because of the hadeeth (prophetic tradition) narrated by 
	al-Bukhari in his Saheeh and by other scholars of hadeeth, from 
	‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She said: “When the Prophet (peace 
	and blessings of Allah be upon him) went to bed each night, he would put his 
	hands together and blow in them and recite in them Qul huwa Allahu ahad 
	(Say: He is Allah, (the) One), Qul a’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Falaq (Say: I 
	seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak) and Qul a’oodhu bi 
	Rabbi’n-nas (Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind) [i.e., 
	the last three soorahs of the Quran], then he would wipe with his hands 
	whatever he could of his body, starting with his head and face, and the 
	front part of his body, doing that three times.” Pray to Allah to rid you of 
	what you are suffering from, and say: “Adh-hab al-bas Rabb an-nas washfi 
	anta’sh-Shafee la shifa a illa shifa uka shifa an la yughadiru saqaman 
	(Remove the suffering, Lord of mankind, and heal me, for You are the Healer. 
	There is no healing except Your healing, the healing which does not leave 
	any illness behind)”, repeating that three times. Also recite the du’a
	 (supplication) for one in distress: “La ilaha ill-Allah ul-‘Azeem 
	ul-Haleem, la ilaha ill-Allah Rabb ul-‘arsh il-‘adheem, la ilaha ill-Allah 
	Rabb us-samawati wa Rabb ul-ardi wa Rabb ul-‘arsh il-kareem (There is no 
	god but Allah, the Almighty, the Patient. There is no god but Allah, Lord of 
	the magnificent Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord 
	of the earth, and Lord of the noble Throne).” When you have finished your 
	wudu or ghusl/bath (for the end of menstruation or for janabah 
	(impurity following marital relations)), then assume that you are now clean 
	and pure, and ignore the waswas. Do not stay for too long in the 
	bathroom because this is from Shaytan. In this way the waswas will 
	stop, with the permission of Allah.