Was-was is something that happens to everyone who turns to Allaah in Dhikr.

Sheikhul-Islaam Ibn Tayymiyyah رحمه الله said,

“Was-was is something that happens to everyone who turns to Allaah in Dhikr. It will inevitably happen to him. So he should be steadfast and remain patient, and persist in his Dhikr and prayer, and not give up, for, by persisting in it he will foil the plot of the Shaytan and,

‘Ever feeble indeed is the plot of Shaytan.’

[Soorah an-Nisa 4: 76]

Every time a person wants to turn his heart to Allaah, whispers of other matters come to him. The Shaytan is like a bandit; every time a person wants to travel towards Allaah, he wants to intercept him.

Beware of Shaytaan in your HOME!!

How does Shaytaan find his way into someone’s heart ?

Question: Through what avenues does the Shaytaan find a way to make suggestions to man?

Answer: There are many avenue:

He might try to incite someone to fornicate, for example. He first incites his victim to be alone with women, then to look at them, then to talk to them, then perhaps to listen to them sing, and so on until he achieves his end: when his victim fornicates.

Shaytaan may attack a person through his stomach, by tempting him into eating what is unlawful, into drinking alcohol, or even into taking drugs.