Yasir Qadhi – Depression An Islamic Perspective

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The speakers discuss the taboo of depression and anxiety, highlighting the benefits of religion and the power of the Bible for helping people with mental health issues. They stress the importance of taking control of one's emotions and avoiding stress during stressful times, and emphasize the need for everyone to be open about discussing these topics and finding help from others. The segment also touches on the importance of good relationships and family members, and the need for everyone to be open about discussing these topics and finding help from others.

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			All praise is due to Allah subhanahu wa taala we praise Him and we seek His help. And we seek refuge
in Allah from the whisperings of our souls in the evils of shaytaan verily, whomever ALLAH SubhanA,
which Allah guides, none can misguide. And whomever he chooses to misguide, none can guide him back
to the straight path. I bear witness and I testify that there is no deity worthy of our worship
other than Allah subhana wa Tada. And that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa Salam is the final
messenger and the most perfect worshiper, ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada has said in the Quran, Yeah, you
heard Adina Amanita Allah haka to Walter Mouton, Illa, one to Muslim women are you who believe be
		
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			conscious of Allah and have Taqwa of Allah, as is deserving of Allah and do not die except in a
state of Islam. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, today's hutzpah is going to be about a topic
that many consider to be taboo. Many do not wish to talk about it publicly. And it is the topic of
depression. Statistics estimate that one in 15 people roughly in this country suffer from
depression. And the problem or one of the problems around depression is that and we have seen this
especially in the last year or two, because it is taboo to discuss many of our own members who are
struggling with depression, don't know where to turn to. They feel uncomfortable going to family and
		
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			friends. Community deems it to be a type of illness that nobody talks about. Most of the scholars
and odema and Imams and sheriffs and I am one of them. And I tell you from an insider's perspective,
most of us are clueless when it comes to how to treat actual depression. In the last few years, and
especially in the last few months, I myself have heard of a number of my colleagues and friends
across the country telling me of suicides that are taking place in our own massage communities,
Masjid goers, who are we seek Allah's refuge? Finding no happiness in this life, no higher purpose.
Last week in Canada, a Muslim man
		
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			attacked a number of people in public and first they thought it was one of those terrorist attacks.
It turned out he was suffering from clinical depression. And he took a gun and unfortunately, two
people were killed in a dozen injured clinical depression and his family had no idea that he was
going through all of these issues. Therefore, it is essential that we as a community understand at
least to a basic level, what exactly is this concept called depression. And to compound this
problem, some people think that depression is a purely spiritual phenomenon. They say that if you
have Iman, you will never be depressed. They said if you believe in Allah, then you cannot and
		
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			should not go see a psychiatrist that if you see a psychiatrist or a counselor, this is a problem
with your own Iman or faith. And unfortunately, they misunderstand some verses in the Quran. Such as
when Allah says, Allah be decreed Allah, He taught my Indian guru, Verily, in the remembrance of
Allah, do the hearts find tranquility. So they assume, if you don't find tranquility, then this
means you are not doing vicar of Allah. They assume if you don't find happiness, then this means
your Eman is at fault. And unfortunately, when a person struggling with depression is told, the
problem is you. This is the worst thing you can say. And rather than help the person in depression,
		
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			in fact, anyone who says this will compound the depression 100 times more and many times scholars or
sheriffs because they have no clue they want to do good and they say oh, the problem is just you
know you you have to turn to Allah. This will make the person suffering from depression even more
depressed saying I haven't I can't It's all my fault. Already. They are blaming themselves and
unfortunately, us people who are not trained though scholars, they will say oh, it is your fault.
You should have more Iman in Allah subhanho wa taala. Whereas the fact of the matter is that
depression is a multi disciplinary issue. It's not easily categorized. Yes, it is true. Yes, it is
		
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			true that some aspects of depression can be helped via spirituality via Iman. But it is also true
that some people no matter how much spirituality they have, they will need to go to a medical
practitioner. They will they have maybe certain issues that need to be countered with drugs with
prescription drugs. It is also true that some issues are psychological beyond the
		
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			realm of religion beyond the realm of medicine, perhaps a childhood trauma, perhaps the abuse of
victim especially of sexual abuse and trauma of childhood that usually needs a counselor, a
psychiatrist or trained person not just to share not just a medical doctor to give some drugs.
Rather, it requires therapy from a licensed therapist. And the bottom line brothers and sisters is
that each one of us has a role to play. Sometimes scholars will help sometimes trained counselors
will help sometimes medical practitioners will help sometimes family and friends will help. The
purpose of this whole book is not to stop for Allah become on the role of the doctor. That's not who
		
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			I am. The purpose is to raise awareness amongst all of us to spot the signs, the symptoms, maybe
even in ourselves, maybe in our family and friends, to have a comforting mechanism support
mechanism. We as a community, we can and hamdulillah talk about this publicly and help one another
publicly. The purpose is to look at this issue of depression and today's hold up more from a
religious perspective. But with the caveat that that's because I am coming to you from a scholarly
perspective. This doesn't mean that religion is the only cure. But yes, it is true to say for some
people, not for all, for some people, religion will be a helping mechanism. Not the only thing you
		
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			always need family, friends, what not, but still, for most people, religion is something that will
help them cope with anxiety, with stress with depression and clinical studies across the world have
shown generally speaking, the rule of thumb is that those people who have religion, whether they're
Christian, Jewish, Jewish, Muslim, those who are faithful in their traditions, generally speaking,
they're able to cope with the stress of life better than those who don't have religion. And this is
something that is common sense even you don't need medical surveys, but still I point out very
explicitly, some people that's not the case and religion has nothing to do with their depression and
		
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			they need to be counseled or trained. So today's cookbook is not intended to diagnose much less
treat depressed depression. Rather, it is firstly a call for public awareness. And secondly, what
does the Quran tell us about anxiety about stress about depression and the hood but is very long
I'll try to finish on time in sha Allah nine points briefly. Number one, the Quran clearly tells us
that feeling anxious, feeling worried, stressful, is a part of being human. There's nothing wrong
with that. societal problems can and will cause a stress. Allah says to the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam Welaka na na mo Anika Yogi po Sadhguru Kirby Maria Kowloon, we know that your heart
		
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			is in pain because of what they say. Think about that. Your heart is in pain because of what people
are saying about you. In surah Tolka half Fela I like a bow you're enough second hola como como
meaning this is a powerful verse that really shows us what depression can lead to. Allah is speaking
to the Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he is saying it is possible that your anxiety your
anguish will cause you to die. I know it sounds very melodramatic. This is the Arabic word Buchla.
Bahama means to die because of grief. GABA means to go into depression into such a state that you
end your life not suicide, but basically your depression causes you to die. And Allah says in the
		
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			early McCunn phase, the artists will Allah we know you're going down this road yet, Allah, you're
getting too anxious, too worried, don't go down this road, you might die in anguish, but of course
our process and why was he so anguish? Why was he grief because the people didn't believe not
because of money. Not that I'm saying there's nothing wrong with that. But our process is obviously
not going to become depressed because of money. Why was he depressed? Why was he I shouldn't even
say the word depressive, I should say he was feeling anguish that is the better phrasing. He was
feeling extreme anguish. Why was he feeling anguish because his people did not believe that anguish
		
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			that anxiety. Allah says you might end up dying because of that anxiety for the Aleca Barker enough
Secor hola yo Kuno meaning also we learned from the Quran that the mother of Musa ALLAH SubhanA wa
Tada says to her father, the dinar, who in our own me he cater Karina, Hawala, Tyson, we return
Moses to his mother so that she could find comfort and stop worrying. Stop worrying. It's normal,
nothing wrong with worrying with being anxious with having grief so much. So Allah says about the
Prophet yaku that What does Yaakov happen when his son Yusuf went away? That Allah azza wa jal says
what beyond bless it now whom in a prison his eyes became blind because he was worried and cry, the
		
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			crying the grief was so much his eyes became blind. Allah did not criticize him for getting sad.
		
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			Allah did not castigate him for feeling the grief, his son, his beloved son use of went missing, as
we know the story and his love for use have exceeded all bounds and the grief that he felt was so
much the anguish that he felt was so much that 12 years later, 15 years later, his own children
said, When will you stop blabbering about use of stop it enough and he himself his eyes became
blind, and Allah never once criticized him. Why? Because that anguish that grief, it was still
within checks. He didn't go beyond to an unhealthy level as we will talk about in sha Allah Who to
other later on, as well. Madame it has Salam when she fled when she was pregnant, as you know, and
		
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			Allah told her to leave your community. She was alone. She was with child nobody to help her. She
didn't know how to deliver a baby all alone. What is going to happen to her? Allah subhanho wa Taala
says that for nada hum and daddy her Allah has any there was a voice that came out don't worry,
don't worry, the comfort is from Allah. Allah is telling Allah did not say oh my god, I'm you're
such a pious lady. You're the best lady of mankind. How could you worry? No, Allah comforted her
lotta has any? Don't worry, we'll take care of you. We'll make sure everything is fine. Look, here's
the river. Look, these are the dates. Look, everything is taken care of. In other words, Allah is
		
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			consoling those that have grief, and he's not making them feel guilty for that grief. So we learned
from all of this brothers and sisters, that feeling anxious, stressful, worried, having what we call
somewhat normal or natural depression. This is a part of life. Nothing wrong with that you don't
have to feel spiritually bad if you're extra anxious or extra worried. The point is that we have to
keep it within a healthy bound and not take it to the a level that is unhealthy. The second point
out of nine points the second point, what does the Quran tell us about how we can battle with
depression with extra anxiety and stress? The second point, the knowledge that Allah is watching and
		
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			Allah is with us, how do we battle some of the anxiety by comforting ourselves, Allah is with me and
Allah knows what is going on. Allah tells us in the Quran that what our Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam was in the cave audit era, and Abu Bakr was getting very anxious. A worker was breathing out
pretend he couldn't look if they look they're gonna see us yeah rasool Allah. What was that famous
phrase in the Quran? Is the holy Sahibi he loves to Hassan in the La Hermana powerful phrase, don't
worry, Allah is with us think about that. Don't worry, la Tarzan, Allah is with us. This is one of
the ways to cope with the mechanism with the stress with the anxiety ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is here
		
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			he is watching he is seeing he knows he is in control. And this is why yes, it is true that
generally speaking faith helps in depression. As I said, there are exceptions. But generally
speaking, faith is a powerful antidote to most types of depression even though it's not always the
case. Also in the Quran, Allah subhana wa Taala consoles the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam by
literally telling him we see what they're doing, fella yeah zoom Kokkola home in La MaMa yo Serrano
Amma you're alone. Don't worry, you're a suit Allah at what they say. We know what they're saying.
We see what they're doing. Notice the cause and the effect. Don't worry, we know Don't worry, we see
		
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			Allah is telling the prophets of Saddam Don't you think that I know what's going on. I'm in control
Fila zone Kokkola home in NA La MaMa yo saloon OMA your unknown. Whatever happens we console
ourselves with the knowledge that Allah is watching and ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada is in control. The
third point brothers and sisters of the ways we battled depression of the ways we take on anxiety,
realizing that pain and suffering is a part and parcel of this world. This world is not the world of
paradise. This world is the dunya the prelude to paradise. No one in this world shall ever live
without pain and suffering. Do you not see when the child is born? The first thing that the child
		
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			does, does this Christ and our scholars I saw are psycho psycho analysts of the scholars, they say,
this is a symptom. This world is not the world of merriment, the child is not born laughing. The
child is born crying, realize that whatever pain I am in whatever pain you are in the world, Eve
every person has his or her own demons, anxious issues, worrisome aspects. Nobody is stress free in
this world. I swear to you brothers and sisters, if you think somebody is living a stress free life,
you're deluding yourself. Every single person has anxieties from the richest to the poorest from the
healthiest and the fittest to those who are the sick and
		
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			Every one has their own personal anxieties. This is a part and parcel of this world. Allah says in
the Quran that in your self concordance, Isobel Poma Muslim Kabbalah hope that if a wound or a
calamity afflicts you, then it has afflicted others as well. What till can a Yamanaka we do have
been a nurse. And these are the days we distribute amongst the people. Some days are good, some days
are bad, what a powerful verse, Allah is telling the Muslim This was after the Battle of Word, that
if you're in pain, if you're suffering, realize the others in this case, the verse is to the
Quraysh, but it can be made broader, whatever pain you and I are going through, you're not the first
		
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			human to suffer it. Whatever has happened to you, others have also suffered, what telecoil a
Yamanaka will have been a nurse and these are the days we distribute some days or this some days or
that this is a part of this world, no one shall live a stress free life. Allah says in the Quran,
Allah, Allah your own under whom you have Toluna if you call them in Mahabharata and Omar retain,
don't they see every year a big calamity or maybe even two happens to them? This is a part of life
don't they see? Every year something happens that is indeed a disaster, a catastrophe? Let them
think about that and turn back to Allah subhanho wa taala. The fourth point that Allah reminds us in
		
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			the Quran is to remember the Mercy of Allah. Remember, Who is Allah? The Rahman the Rahim that
Kadeem the manaan? Who is Allah He cares about you, he loves for you. One of the most powerful
verses that is specially is comes in handy for those that are struggling with depression. Allah says
in the Quran, wala, Tonkotsu and Fusa comb, don't kill yourselves don't think of suicide. What is
the next phase powerful in the law? How can I become Rahima? Allah is Rahim for you notice, don't
kill yourselves. Allah is merciful not even that he is what merciful with you Rahim with you. So
notice, life is difficult. You're thinking of Colossus, let me end it. And Allah is saying, Don't do
		
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			it. I am merciful. I love you, I will take care of you. But it must also be said in the same verse
right after there is also a threat. And this is the power of the Quran. You have the carrot and the
stick. Right? Then Allah says, but whoever does so out of injustice, and transgressing the bounds,
that person shall indeed face the torment. In other words, Allah is telling the person suffering,
firstly, the kind, don't do it. I love you, I care about you. Then Allah says, Be careful. That's my
life, not yours, I gave it to you. You do not have the right to take your own life. If you take it
or the wind and will determine meaning you take it unjustly, we're not talking about an accidental
		
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			death. We're talking about somebody who you know went beyond the bounds. Allah then threatens, don't
do that or else you will face the punishment. So the Quran has the carrot and the stick and first is
the carrot. First is the Mercy Allah is telling us don't do it. Allah subhana wa Tala loves you. The
fifth point brothers and sisters, how we battled depression in the Quran is belief in other belief
and predestination. It is an immense relief to us to believe in other when you believe in other the
world becomes much easier to live. When you believe in Kadar, Subhan. Allah your heart is content.
Allah Subhana Allah to Allah says in the Quran, Li kala has no Allah Fattah comm so that you don't
		
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			be worried about what you didn't get, so that you don't be worried about what you didn't get what
you didn't get wasn't meant for you. As the Prophet says, I'm set to even Abbas know, my dear
nephew, know My dear son, know that whatever you did not get was not meant for you. And whatever
happened to you could never have been averted. The pen has been lifted and the ink has dried.
Whatever happens is the father of Allah. Allah tells the hypocrites in the Quran, those hypocrites
after the battle that were saying, Oh, if they stayed at home, then they wouldn't have been killed.
Allah says in the Quran, that if they stayed at home and their death had been written for them, they
		
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			would have left their houses and they would have met death on the battlefield. You cannot change the
other of Allah. You cannot turn around what has already happened. It was destined, it was pre
decreed. And it was something Allah had willed, right? We use other memorize this phrase, we use
Kadar, to console ourselves about the past, and not to justify the future. We use other to console
about the past and not to justify the future. The prophets have said that when Adam met Musa when
Musa met Adam Musa, and afterwards he met Adam, and he could criticize criticize Adam, and he said,
Oh, our father Adam, why did you eat of the tree? And why did you get as expel from Jana so that we
		
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			are now living on this earth? And Adam said, Oh my son, don't you know that Allah had written 50,000
years before He created
		
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			said me that we would live in this earth. So how can you criticize me for something Allah had
predetermined and decreed and the Prophet system said it's for Hijjah demo Paja Adam who said that
Musa won the argument against Adam Musa sorry, Adam won the argument against Musa, the one the
argument against Musa Adam did not justify the sin via cada he justified the calamity of coming down
to this earth. And he said, It's not my fault Allah had predestined that mankind would be on this
earth. How can you criticize me about something Allah had predestined, the past is the past, it was
predestined, it was ALLAH other you could not have changed it because it was already written in
		
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			stone. So find comfort in that. And this leads me to the next point, which is, yes, indeed, that
also leads us to what we call an Arabic Karna. And Karna means contentment. Be happy with what you
have. Don't always be greedy for what you don't have. True happiness is the happiness of the heart,
not the happiness of belongings, always look at those who are above you in religion, but lower than
you in this world. Always look at those above you in religion, but lower than you in this world.
Whatever you don't have, there are people that have less than you, whatever you're struggling with,
there are people that are struggling with much more than you our Prophet Sall Allahu alayhi wa
		
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			sallam said, Whoever wakes up amongst you
		
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			safe in his household. He has his food for the day, and his health is good, then it is as if this
whole world has been given to him. And he has everything he needs. The three basic needs of this
life, you're waking up breathing, eating, you have your food, and there's no bombs dropping on you,
you're safe. That's it, you are living a good life. It is as if the whole world has been given to
you. What more do you want the quality of food, you have food, the size of the house, you have a
house, whoever wakes up amongst you safe in his household, which means no civil war, no what not
going on, he has his food for the day, and he has his health he's living what not, then it is as if
		
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			the whole world has been given to him, and he has everything he needs. Be content with what you
have, and don't always aim for more and more and more. The seventh point brothers and sisters is the
realisation that anxiety and stress, grief and depression is sometimes a tactic of Shavon sometimes
it is from Shaytaan shaytaan wants your depression to become so much that you stop living a normal
life. You don't have a relationship with Allah. So realize this is not even from you. This could be
coming from Shaytaan it's not coming from within. It's the suas of shaytaan and that will help you
overcome because when you know it's not your fault, when you know it is the enemy of Allah and the
		
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			enemy of Adam and the enemy of mankind. Shavon is an enemy to you. Allah says so take him as your
enemy. Know that one of the tactics of shaytaan is depression. Allah says in the Quran, that in the
Manage women a che Bani Leah sunnah Latina, Amanu, those secret gatherings the Hipparcos are doing
it is from Shavon. And shaytaan wants you to be stressed out he doesn't he wants you to be anxious,
he wants you to have that depression. So depression could be in some occasions, not every time. In
some occasions depression is coming 100% from Shaytaan, not from you. He's using it as a technique
to divert you from your world from your deen from your dunya so that you don't live a comfortable
		
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			life. This is a part of the tactic of shaytaan and knowing this helps us overcome depression. The
eighth and ninth point I know time is coming limited very quickly. The eighth point brothers and
sisters, it is to some extent normal to feel anxious to feel grief to feel worried about the
problems of this world such as the reality of this world. Muslims should try to channel that anxiety
and lead themselves to connect with Allah subhanho wa Taala prayer and DUA and vicar will always
help regardless of what the problem is. Isha says whenever our profit center was worried, he would
rush to stand up in Salah. He was worried. He was worried. That's why whenever he was worried he
		
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			would rush to stand up and salah. He said to Bilal, oh Bilal, give the farmer so that I can find the
comfort in the Salah. And he said to the Sahaba Allah has made the piece of my heart in the Salah.
The peace of the heart comes from the salah. And yes, it is true that Allah says in Allah's dhikr
one finds the heart to be tranquil it is true. And one of the greatest mechanisms to battle
depression is Da da da opens up a communication with ALLAH SubhanA wa Tada. You can beg and plead.
You can complain to Allah, there's no problem in that complain to Allah. Oh Allah look at my
situation of Allah. You see how difficult this is? Oh Allah I know you know, no problem to complain
		
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			to Allah. You don't complain about Allah or the villa. You complain to Allah when the children are
Yaqoob criticize their father and they said
		
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			When will you stop blabbering about use of what did Jakob say? The in a scuba three was needed hola
my blabbering is not for you. I am complaining to Allah my grief is in front of Allah subhanho wa
Taala raise your hands up to Allah and open your heart. The best conversation you will ever have is
with Allah subhanho wa Taala open up with Allah and explain your problems tell him and explain to
him and you can even say like the Prophet Ayoub said, yah Rob, you see the problem I am in in Nima
Sunil daughter were under hamara Amen. And you are the Most Merciful of those who have mercy ya Rob.
You see my situation. You can pray like the Prophet Yunus prayed from the heart of the belly, that
		
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			one either feel good Almighty Allah either highlanders with Annika, in the countrymen of volume in
these are all do as the prophets made when they were anxious when they were under stress and they
made dua to Allah subhanho wa Taala and the ninth and final point brothers and sisters and of
course, much more can be said but as usual, time is always limited for these hook buzz. The ninth
and final point for this whole book, realize that the future is always for the believer. Victory is
always written for the believer, if not in this world, then definitely in the next world. Allah says
in the Quran after the defeat of the Muslims walked back feeling very depressed very down and Allah
		
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			said to them what to he know wala doesn't know what untrammeled Ilona in contempt, meaning don't
feel weak, and don't feel sad. You shall be the winners if you have a man. So it is true brothers
and sisters, that Eman isn't the only solution to depression. And I say this at least 10 times in
today's world. But it is also true that generally speaking, good family, good community, good
friends, and most importantly, good Eman. They help sometimes they don't solve sometimes you need to
go beyond this. Sometimes you need therapy. Sometimes you need medication. But never never will Eman
harm you never will that get in the way of you and curing any problem. There is no question that all
		
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			of these points that we mentioned will help a person and in many cases not all, in many cases solve
anxiety and depression and sometimes people have to go beyond that. And that is where the train
therapists need to come in. May Allah Subhana Allah make us of those who listen to the Quran and
follow it to the best of our abilities. BarakAllahu li Khurana all the wonderful anyway, yeah, come
be Murphy him. He was declared Hakeem Akoto Mathis Marone was tough with a lot of the murdy Welcome.
What is intimacy mimicry, the manifesto voodoo in order for Rahim, if the brothers can squeeze up so
that we can get everybody inside.
		
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			Alhamdulillah helwa had a had a summit, Allah de la mirada Voila, mula Wallonia Kula cough went
ahead. Well, Barry to
		
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			I am obviously no psychiatrist or psychologist yet, because many of us will probably not hear this
from other sources. I have just quickly looked up some authentic websites to remind all of us as a
novice, and I'm not an expert, what are some of the symptoms of depression, and the purpose is
public awareness, not for me to prescribe anything to that's not my area of expertise, just so that
we be aware, in case we have a family member, maybe ourselves so that we know what are some of the
common symptoms and there's no one telltale sign. But if you have three, four or five of these, or
you know a family member that does, it is definitely time to seek help to go beyond to go to those
		
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			who know, first and foremost, always feeling empty, always feeling sad, not being happy at what most
other people would deem to be an occasion of happiness. Secondly, feeling guilty about life, losing
interest in all pleasurable things being withdrawn, you will used to be active or somebody used to
be very social, and all of a sudden, they become very quiet, they become very secluded, they don't
do much. Thirdly, blaming yourself for everything, or blaming the world for everything. And always
feeling that life is unfair. No matter what happens, you always feel down, you're concentrating on
the negative rather than the positive. Fourthly, to feel worthless, useless, to feel that maybe I
		
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			shouldn't be here, the world would be better if I were not here. And this is clearly from Shaytaan.
It is not something that comes from the religion. The world is always a better place with you if you
strive to make it a better place. But this feeling of worthlessness there's no point there's no
reason maybe the world would be better if I just left this place. And this leads me to my final and
most important sign constantly thinking of leaving this world in a morbid manner thinking of death
or with a biller in a morbid manner. Why do I say morbid? You can think of death in a positive
manner. You should think of death in a positive meaning. Okay, we're about to die all of us.
		
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			Let's live a productive life let me get ready to meet Allah that's a positive outlook Look, nobody
lives forever and I need to prepare have investments for my children leave a good legacy meet Allah,
that's a regular thing you should think about that. But to always be obsessed with death and think
about dying and think are we to believe about killing yourself and suicide and these types of
thoughts. This is definitely not healthy. And this is a telltale one of the most important signs of
depression is that a person or with a biller, he's just always thinking and imagining how or she
about how to leave this world and what not. And that's not something that is healthy. As I said, we
		
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			should not conflate Islamic thinking of death means that you become productive, you don't live
depressed, you become Oh, you know what, Allah knows how many years I have left, I better make the
best of it. That's something else that's good. But then depression means What if I die today, let me
think I'm gonna die. No, we don't go down that route. That's depression, that is something that is
very, very problematic. These are some of the generic signs. Obviously, there are many more signs
than these. If you or anybody you know, feel some or all of these, than please do not feel shy to
ask for help go to community, to family, to friends, I am here for you to the best of my knowledge,
		
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			whatever I'm able to help, please come to me confide in me. This is a part of the legacy that and
the prophetic legacy that has been entrusted to all of us communities as well need to become more
open about talking about these topics, they should not be taboo, and we should find help and comfort
and others family and friends, community and of course, licensed therapists and psychologists, we
have to stop trivializing this field. There are people that have trained for decades, they're basing
their research on 1000s and 1000s of people, they help psychiatrists, doctors, they know much more
than the average person. Don't feel that you're doing something wrong or an Islamic if you need help
		
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			from a trained therapist, family, friends, Faith therapy, all of this put together helps and
brothers and sisters, the final point for this whole book, realize that as I said, this world is a
world of anxiety and pain. It is only in the era where all pain and anxiety will stop and that is
why the actor is called down to Salam, the abode of no pain and that is why when the people of Jenna
enter Jana, what is the first thing they will say according to the Quran? Alhamdulillah Hilda the
hubba Enel has an All Praise be to Allah finally, we will never worry. That is in Jana. This world,
all of us worry, I worry, I'm under stress, you are under stress might be different. But we're all
		
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			under stress. We take that stress, we channel it so that we still live productive lives despite the
stress and we try our best to earn Allah's blessings and reward so that insha Allah Who Tada The day
will come when we enter Jen and we could be amongst those people to say Alhamdulillah from now on,
there shall be no stress and no grief. May Allah make us amongst them Allama in NIDA and for aminu,
Allahu Allah Tada. And then if you had to meet him and he loves a photo, wala Hammond Illa for Raja
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			marine about Allah and Allah to Allah. Yeah, I'm wondering what you're sending with the CORBA when
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