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.