Benefit Of Doubt To Sufferers Of OCD
If it can be established either medically or as an incontestable fact ( a well known fact ) that such oaths/promises were done under compulsion because of the OCD then the person will be excused from fulfilling those oaths and hopefully God will also take this factor into account. Please see for details : Discussion 88757 Additionally , committing such acts unintentionally without knowing the expiation also becomes a ground for relaxation. if the disobedience is unintentional, God will not hold a person accountable. His law is that if a person commits a misdeed unintentionally, He will not punish him. While stating a directive about adopted sons, the Quran says: وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا أَخْطَأْتُم بِهِ وَلَكِن مَّا تَعَمَّدَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا And the mistake you have made in this matter shall be forgiven, but in what your hearts make an intention shall not be forgiven. God is Ever-Forgiving and Ever-Merciful . (Quran 33:5)