Waleed Basyouni – Overcome With Suicidal Thoughts

Waleed Basyouni
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A caller discusses a brother's suicidal thoughts and worries about their ability to pursue a successful lifestyle. The caller also talks about the importance of mental health issues and the need for professional help. The caller encourages the brother to reach out for help.
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As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

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So we have a question from a brother,

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let me read it because it's really important.

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I already told the brother, sent him a

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message so if he can come and meet

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with us.

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But let me read the question.

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He says, as-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa

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barakatuh.

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What have the scholars said about the person

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who is overcome with suicidal thoughts and inclinations

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to hurt himself?

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He says, I love Allah and love to

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worship Him, but these thoughts prevent me from

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pursuing a productive and happy lifestyle.

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Outwardly, it appears I have everything going on

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well for me, such as good family, good

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education, good Muslim community, and good friends, but

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I have these intense feelings that don't have

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any cause or reason.

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I am afraid this could lead to hellfire

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if I lost my patience one day.

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May Allah grant us good life, good in

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this life, the hereafter, and save us from

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the hellfire.

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So that's his question.

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First of all, my brother, definitely you always

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can reach out to, what is it, an

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800 number for suicide, suicidal, and we will

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provide it in the comment underneath this video.

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You can reach out to it.

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And don't think this is not helpful, don't

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think, don't take this lightly.

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Also you always can reach out to us.

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We also have in the message resources for

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people who are professional in this area.

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But what I hear here, I hear something

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typical like depression, you know, situation where people

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have everything sometimes, you know, these actors and

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businessmen and famous people, they have everything in

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their life, you think it's going good, and

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they end up killing themselves, some of them

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comedians, some of them like pop singers, you

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know, you name it, and they end up

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committing suicide.

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I know you're a mu'min, I know you

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fear Allah, that's why alhamdulillah you have that

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struggle, you know, but I just want you

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to know also that these things are real.

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And this is sickness, it has nothing to

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do necessarily with your iman, your faith.

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Your iman and faith can help you to

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fight, but it has to do also with

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chemical imbalance.

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And, you know, the problem when people get

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treated and go to the medication cycle, when

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they feel good, they quit, they go back,

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relapse.

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This is an ongoing thing that you have

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to treat it.

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And what the scholar said about this, the

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scholar said, فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الدِّكْرِينَ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

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Ask the people of knowledge, and in this

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case, the people of knowledge are the specialists,

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the psychiatrists, the experts in this area.

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So don't delay it.

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It is obligatory on you to go and

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to Islamically to go and to seek help,

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professional help.

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There's nothing wrong with that.

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Mental health, you know, issues is, all of

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us have it.

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You know, we go through this sometimes, different

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levels, different times.

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Nothing wrong with asking for help.

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Don't fight this alone.

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You can help yourself to fight it with

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the aid of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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and also through the medication, through therapy, through

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friends and support of family and community, and

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we are here to help you.

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So please make sure that you reach out

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for help, and that's all what I can

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say to you.

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