Let’s Combat Depression (Seeking Help of Allaah subḥānahu wa ta’āla) 💎
A’oodhu-Billahi-Minashaitanir-Rajeem
Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem
Depression refers to intense sadness. It is a widespread mental illness, indeed one of the most widespread. As for mild sadness or feeling “blue”, this is a normal and natural emotion which hardly anyone can escape, not even a believer. Allah says:
“Secret counsels (conspiracies) are only from Shaytaan (Satan), in order that he may cause grief to the believers. (Al-Mujaadilah 58:10)
If that sadness increases and takes over a person, it becomes depression.
🔴Signs of depression:
1-Feeling distressed and sad
2-Loss of appetite
3-Lack of focus, forgetfulness
4-Sleep disturbances, weight loss
5-Lack of sexual desire
🔴Causes of depression:
1-External causes
2-Internal causes
🟥1 – External causes
These are factors that are outside a person, such as life events like losing a loved one, or losing money or social standing. If this person does not have the protection of faith, he will go through several stages until he reaches the stage of depression.
🟥2 – Internal causes
These have to do with the person’s physical make-up, such as brain cells, a lack of thyroid hormones or a lack of certain vitamins.
🟩Treatment:
As depression is a mental illness, the treatment for it is by means of the Noble Qur’aan, especially in cases where the causes are external. The patient should be
reminded to remember Allaah and to believe in the divine will and decree (Al-Qada’ Wa’l-Qadar) and the reward for those who are patient. Examples should be given from the lives of the Sahaabah and so on. He
should also be reminded to recite a great deal of the Dhikrs and Du’aa’s that have been narrated from the Prophet ﷺ for treating worry, grief and distress, such as the following:
♥️1 – It was narrated from Ibn’Abbaas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say at times of distress:
“Laa ilaaha illallahul-Azeemul-Halim. Laa ilaaha illallahu Rabbul-‘Arshil-‘Azeem. Laa ilaaha illallahu Rabbus-samawati, wa Rabbul-ardi, wa Rabbul-‘Arshil- Karim.”
(There is no god but Allaah, the Almighty, the Forbearing; there is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne; there is no god but Allaah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth and Lord of the noble Throne.){Al-Saheehayn; Al-Bukhari 6345 and Muslim 2730, Also in another narration in Saheeh al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer wa Ziyaadatuhu, 4571, The Prophet ﷺ said: “The words of relief are: (the above dua)”}
♥️2 – In Jaami’ Al-Tirmidhi it is narrated from Anas that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was distressed by something, he would say:
“Yaa Hayyu yaa Qayyoom, bi Rahmatika astagheeth
(O Ever-Living One, O Ever-Lasting One, by Your mercy I seek help).
♥️3 – And it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah that when the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ was worried about something, he would lift his gaze towards heaven and say:
“SubhaanAllah il-‘Azeem (Glory be to Allah, the Almighty).”
And when he strove hard in Du’aa’ he would say: “Yaa Hayyu ya Qayyoom (O Ever-Living One, O Ever-Lasting One).”
♥️4 – In Sunan Abi Dawood it is narrated from Abu Bakr Al-Siddeeq that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The prayer of the one who is in distress is:
“Allahumma rahmataka arju fala takilni ila nafsi tarfata ’aynin wa aslih li sha’ni kullahu laa ilaaha illa anta (O Allah, I hope for Your mercy. Do not leave me to my own devices even for a blink of an eye. Correct all of my affairs for me. There is none worthy of worship except You.)”
♥️5 – And it is narrated that Asma’ bint ‘Umays said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “Shall I not teach you some words to say at times of distress?
Allah Allah rabbiy laa ushriku bihi shay’an (Allah Allaah is my Lord and I do not
associate anything with Him).”
According to one report, it should be said seven times.
♥️6 – In Musnad Ahmad it is narrated from Ibn Mas’ood that the Prophet ﷺ said: “No person suffers any anxiety or grief, and says:
Allahumma inni ‘abduka, ibnu ‘abdika, ibnu amatika. Naasiyati biyadika, maadhin fiyya hukumuka, ‘adlun fiyya qadha’uka. Asaluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka, sammaita bihi nafsaka, aw an-zaltahu fi kitabika, aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika, awista’tharta bihi fi ‘ilmil-ghaibi ‘indaka an taj’alal-Qur’ana Rabbi’a qalbi, wa noora sadri, wa jalaa’a huzni, wa dhahaba hammi.
(O Allah, I am your servant, the son of your servant, the son of your maidservant. My forelock is in your hand, your command concerning me prevails, and your decision concerning me is just. I call upon you by every one of the beautiful names of which you have described yourself, or which you have revealed in your Book, or you have taught to any of your creatures, or which you have chosen to keep in the knowledge of the unseen with you, to make the Qur’aan the delight of my heart, the light of my chest, and to remove my sadness and dispel my anxiety.) [Ahmad]
— but Allah will take away his sorrow and grief, and give him in their stead joy.”
♥️7- In Sunan Al-Tirmidhi it is narrated that Sa’d ibn Abi Waqqaas said: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said:
“The prayer of Dhu’l-Noon which he said when he was in the belly of the fish: ‘Laa ilaaha illa Anta, sub’haanaka inni kuntu min Al-zaalimeen (none has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allaah),
Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that
(evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers’ (Al-Anbiya’ 21:87). No Muslim man calls upon Allaah with these words concerning any matter but Allaah will answer him.”
According to another report: “I do not know of any words that a person says in distress but Allaah will relieve him of it, except
the words of my brother Yoonus(alaihi salam).
♥️8 – In Sunan Abi Dawood it is narrated that Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ entered the mosque one day and saw a man from among the Ansaar who was called Abu Umaamah. He said: “O Abu Umaamah, why do I see you in the mosque when it is not the time for prayer?”
He said: “Worries and debts that are burdening me.”
He said: “Shall I not teach you some words which, if you say them, Allaah will take away your worries and pay off your debt?”
He said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allaah ﷺ.”
He said: “Say:
Allaahumma inni a’oodhu bika min al-hammi wa’l-hazani wa a’oodhu bika min al’ajzi wal-kasali wa a’oodhu bika min al-jubni wal-bukhli wa a’oodhu bika min ghalbat il-dayn wa qahr il-rijaal
(O Allah, I seek refuge with You from worry
and grief, and I seek refuge with You from
incapacity and laziness, and I seek refuge with You from cowardice and miserliness, and I seek refuge with You from being heavily in debt and from being overcome by men).
He said: I said it and Allaah took away my worries and paid off my debt for me.
♥️9- In Sunan Abi Dawood it is narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whoever persists in praying for forgiveness,
Allaah will give him a way out from every worry and distress, and will provide for him from (sources) he never could imagine.
♥️10 – Ibn’Abbaas narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has many worries and concerns, let him frequently recite:
“Laa Haula wa laa Quwwata illa Billah (there is no power and no strength except with Allaah).”
It is proven in Al-Saheehayn that this is one of the treasures of Paradise. In Al-Tirmidhi it says that it is one of the gates of Paradise.
🟩There follow fourteen reminders for the one who is suffering from worry, distress, sorrow and depression:
❤️1- Tawheed Al-Ruboobiyyah (Unity of Divine Lordship)
❤️2- Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah (Unity of Divinity)
❤️3- To declare that Allaah is far above mistreating His slave or punishing him without any cause on the part of the slave himself.
❤️4- Admission on the part of the slave that he is the wrongdoer.
❤️5- Beseeching Allaah by the most beloved of names to Him, which are His Names and Attributes. Among the most comprehensive in meaning of His Names and Attributes are the Names Al-Hayyu (the Ever-Living), Al-Qayyoom (the Eternal).
❤️6- Seeking the help of Allaah Alone.
❤️7- Affirming one’s hope in Allaah.
❤️8- Putting one’s trust in Allaah in a real sense and handing over all one’s affairs to Him, recognizing that one’s forelock is in His hand, that Allaah runs all one’s affairs as He wills, that His command is ever executed and that His decree is just.
❤️9- Letting his heart graze, as it were, in the garden of the Qur’aan, seeking its light in order to dispel the darkness of doubts, whims and desires.
❤️10- Seeking the forgiveness of Allaah.
❤️11- Repentance
❤️12- Jihaad (striving for the sake of Allaah).
❤️13- Salaat (prayer)
❤️14- Admitting that one has no power or strength at all, and attributing them to the One Who holds them in His hand.
🟩With regard to depression whose causes are internal, its treatment is to be sought from psychologists, especially if medical tests and equipment detect the presence of a defect in the brain cells or a hormone
deficiency. If there is no clear medical cause, there is no harm in performing Ruqyah be reciting the Qur’aan, especially since depression is one of the symptoms of jinn possession. There is no conflict between the Qur’aanic remedies and psychology.
📚 The Jinn and Human Sickness ~ Remedies in the Light of the
Qur’aan and Sunnah [Dr. Abu’l-Mundhir Khaleel ibn Ibraaheem Ameen; Foreword by Waheed ibn ‘Abdus Salaam Baali; Translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab]
Only Allaah knows the best…
May Allaah subḥānahu wa ta’āla forgive us & bless us all with relief & settle all our affairs. HasbunAllahu wa ni’amal Wakeel wa ni’amal Maula wa ni’aman Naseer🤲
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