Mufti Menk – Does Weakness of Eman Cause Depression

			Is it a weakness of Imam that causes depression
		

			and other related issues?
		

			Smilla Rahmanir Rahim Al hamdu lillah wa Salatu was Salam ala Rasulillah Allah, Allah, your savage
mine.
		

			I think as human beings, we're not perfect in this world. Perfection is for the hereafter. Allah
Almighty has created it for the hereafter.
		

			While we are on earth, we go through emotions, we have a processing mechanism of the issues that
happened in our lives. Positives make us excited. Negatives make us sad, sometimes depressed,
sometimes. You know, we go into a shell we don't want to see people and so on so many different
things. So Allah has created coping mechanisms. I give you one example, to cry people say Why you
crying but crying is a mechanism that was given by Allah subhanho wa taala, to cope, to be able to
heal the Prophet sallallahu Sallam shed tears at times for various reasons. One was when he lost his
son, Ibrahim, it's it's documented that his eyes were filled with tears. And when the tears rolled,
		

			the companions were surprised because they were not expecting him to cry, so to speak that what's
this? You know, and he said, In NAMA, here Mattoon, Jalla Hala, who FIBA the Ruhama. This is the
mercy that Allah has kept within those from among his worshipers who are merciful. So it's a coping
mechanism to say that depression or mental health issues is a sign of weakness of faith is wrong.
Some people are strong in faith, but they still go through mental health issues. They're slightly
depressed because they're human. But what I will say is strengthening your faith is a coping
mechanism. It helps you heal, it helps you come out of you know, the the dungeon that you might
		

			think you're in, it helps you develop a link with Allah. So you begin to look more at positives,
which will also assist in your healing. So to say that it's a weakness of Eman is wrong. That could
be sometimes an aggravation because you're distant from Allah. So it would, it might make things
worse, but I know people who are relatively strong, they pray, they believe in Allah and still they
struggle mentally. So there was a time when I remember years back and I said, You know what, come
on, if you've got strong emotion, how could you be depressed? You know, that's what people say. I
mean, I've said it. And then when we started learning about it, and became a little bit more
		

			specialized in it, we realized, you know, what, even the strongest from amongst us can go through
sadness and so on. The Prophet sallallahu wasallam was so sad when he lost his wife. He was saddened
when he lost his uncle. It all happened in one year. He was saddened when whatever happened, in part
if happened, and it was known as the year of sadness. That didn't make him any less in his strength
of Eman. If anything, he was the strongest ever. But that was sadness. I wouldn't say it's
depression or anything of that nature. Nonetheless, it's still a human emotion. May Allah grant all
of us cure and protection. Remember, eat healthy sleep healthy exercise on a daily basis, sweat, if
		

			you can for 45 minutes a day, and inshallah that's also part of your holistic growth and
strengthening yourself. Allah make it easy