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Salah takes too long?

It takes 20 to 30 minutes for me to do Fajr, and that's just from Takbeer to final Tasleem. I'm praying the minimum only, so only the Fardh rakaahs and I only recite the wajib/pillar Duas and Surahs. Essentially the bare minimum that makes a rakaah valid. Also I'm not counting how long it takes for me to make sure I'm facing the qiblah right, nor how long it takes for me to complete minimum wudu (15 minutes in total for both). This is causing a lot of hardship for me. I do not speak Arabic and have trouble pronouncing certain letters, a lot of these mistakes end up changing the meaning which extends Salah time. I'm also pretty twitchy during Salah and therefore

I am worried in the future I will not be able to find employment because of this. What should I do?

Also, it's highly likely that my Islam is not accepted, so please keep that in mind. (so that I am not a mushrik)

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u/kaiserbigmac — 5 months ago

I just know it's invalid. [PLEASE HELP]

I have a severe case of OCD and now I decided to ignore any sort of need to repeat my Salah whatsoever. But I just know it, I know that isn't OCD and that I'm being lazy. I keep using the excuse that I can't be doing the same mistake again and again but I know I do. I'm in so much stress. I know skipping Salah out of laziness is kufr but I am so tired. It takes me sometimes 40 minutes to do 4 rakaah and to repeat that is extremely exhausting. I do not know what to do. I keep making the same mistakes then I tell myself it's OCD. It's blatantly clear to me it's not. I am 100% certain my Salah is invalid. But if I repeated my Salah everytime I had the urge to I'd be spending hours everyday on just Fardh Salah. I am severely distressed. Am I doing the right thing by not repeating? Am I a kaafir? I feel horrible. I'm in huge amounts of pain and guilt.

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u/kaiserbigmac — 5 months ago