Rania Awaad – The Power of Duaa

Oh, Allah, I seek refuge in you from

worry and grief, from incapacity and laziness,

from cowardice and miserliness,

from being heavily in debt, and from being

overpowered

by others.

The first few words of that du'a.

Do you see the first few words?

Right? I seek refuge in you the way

we seek refuge from shaitan. I seek refuge

in you from what?

Alham

wal Hazan.

Whatever it is, they're speaking to something that's

directly mental health related,

and here is the prophet

who I just told you is perfection embodied.

Why does he get up on every day,

Because

they're human emotions.

Because they're human emotions,

and he is human, sallallahu

alaihi wasallam,

because he is a living example that teaches

all the rest of us how to live

life, how to do this thing called life,

and that they're going to be amongst his

companions and the people, all of us, the

many generations thereafter of Muslims,

and people, humans, who are going to experience

worry and grief, and by example he is

teaching this is what you do.

You ask Allah for protection from that,

but you don't deny it, you don't hide

it under the rug, you don't make believe

that it's not there,

and you don't shame people and stigmatize people

and that Ayib balik and bat on you

and shame on you, and you don't have

enough iman, and you're not praying enough, and

go read Quran.

That's not the answer

because it's not the prophetic example.

The prophetic example is you face it.

You ask Allah for assistance,

and then you go do something about it,

as they're going to see here shortly.