He wakes up a quarter of an hour before sunrise and delays purifying himself because of waswaas; can he do tayammum?

Question: 162503

If someone with OCD or waswasah wakes up 15mins before sunrise can he perform tayamum if wudoo usually takes him 30 mins and ghusl takes him 2hrs and forming his intention for prayer takes about 5 mins?

Also, I have read on this website that one doesn’t have to check for urine, after going to the toilet, due to doubt unless he be 100% certain. Therefore, how about checking for madhiy several times a day, since this is released whilst one is unaware and cannot feel it.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

Firstly:

We ask Allah to heal this brother and grant him well being,
because waswasah is a disease and a problem.

Secondly:

If a person wakes up and there is only a quarter of an hour
left until sunrise, this is sufficient time for him to do wudoo’– and even
ghusl – and pray, so it is not permissible for him to do tayammum.

Similarly, if he wakes up in a state of janaabah and the time
is even less than that, he should do ghusl even if the time for the prayer
ends. See the answer to question no.
94311.

This person who is affected by waswasah should fear Allah and
realise that delaying the prayer until the time for it is over is one of the
gravest of major sins; the same is true of praying without being in a state
of purification when one is able to do it. So let him hasten to purify
himself and pray, and let him convince himself that this is the shar‘i
ruling that is binding in his case. Perhaps this will distract him from the
waswasah.

And Allah knows best.

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