I think I am possessed by Jinn

[Jafarr]

I have been diagnosed as schizo-effective and possibly bipolar. I have severe manic depression.

But I keep remembering what I heard from one of my Moslem friends... that an Imam or scholar once said that 99% of mental illnesses are Jinn.

I don't hear voices but I have bad, bad thoughts all day long. I can't help them. Some are humorous thoughts, some about suicide, some are angry... either way, they're bad. I have bad thoughts about the Qur'an and the Prophet (SAW). But I don't mean think them. I don't really believe them.

Sometimes I think way too much. Things pop into my head (thoughts from Shaitan)... like bad things the media, Christians, and Jews say about Muslim. I contemplate if they are true or not. Sometimes it gets so bad that for brief moments I think that Islam may not be true.

I feel so bad because for a reason that I do not know, this happens most severely when I am at the Jum'ah sermon and listening to the Imam speak.

I don't know what to do. I am tormented. And now I keep thinking that I am not Moslem anymore since I keep doubting Islam. Yet at other times my faith is so strong.

[Mikaeel]

salaamu aleikum brother.
unfortunately, mental illness is a very common thing in our times. bipolar disorder is very hard to deal with, and i have a friend who suffers from it. It is not guaranteed that jinn have anything to do with it. It is usually simply a chemical imbalance in the brain. its like anything - diabetics have a chemical imbalance in their blood and so forth. Its in no doubt a test Allah put in front of you. This, you have to accept. But like any illness, it can be managed. Just remember - that thoughts pop up all the time for everyone. We all have our times of weak faith - RasulAllah said himself that our iman goes up and down. Just make sure to fulfil your duties to Allah, and make dua. Maybe through this test, you will be one of His beloved, inshallah. Ive dealt with sever anxiety disorder too, so i know how alone we can feel at times. But we have Allah, and He puts trials in front of us for a reason. Make sure to follow professional advice and dont be afraid to trust the doctors. If you can, look for a Muslim doctor or at least find one on the internet and email them. If you have any further concerns, you can IM me.
May Allah bless you and forgive you.\
Salaamu aleikum.

[Abu-Umar-Usman-Ali]

I have been diagnosed as schizo-effective and possibly bipolar. I have severe manic depression.

But I keep remembering what I heard from one of my Moslem friends... that an Imam or scholar once said that 99% of mental illnesses are Jinn.

I don't hear voices but I have bad, bad thoughts all day long. I can't help them. Some are humorous thoughts, some about suicide, some are angry... either way, they're bad. I have bad thoughts about the Qur'an and the Prophet (SAW). But I don't mean think them. I don't really believe them.

Sometimes I think way too much. Things pop into my head (thoughts from Shaitan)... like bad things the media, Christians, and Jews say about Muslim. I contemplate if they are true or not. Sometimes it gets so bad that for brief moments I think that Islam may not be true.

I feel so bad because for a reason that I do not know, this happens most severely when I am at the Jum'ah sermon and listening to the Imam speak.

I don't know what to do. I am tormented. And now I keep thinking that I am not Moslem anymore since I keep doubting Islam. Yet at other times my faith is so strong.

If you feel such and such, than you should go see an imaam and perhaps he can help you!

I once felt as you felt and so what I did was go to the masjid more often and everything changed.

wa-salaam

[Abu Suliman]

brother may Allah cure your illness have a listen to this lecture maybe it will help you to overcome your satanic thought's
http://www.alkawtharacademy.org/libr...?id=AKATG-0055

[suhayl]

What you have is something called "was wasaa". Whispering of Shaytaan.

The closer you are to Allah, the harsher the whisperings and the thoughts become worst. It is Shaytaans way of taking you away from the deen and bringing away the closeness to Allah.

This is also a test from Allah. Seek guidance and patience from Allah.

It is good to have "bay'ah" with a sheikh, they are the ones who solve our internal illnesses of the heart. It will help you alot if you become "bayt" with a sheikh.

Wasalams

[UmmeGibrel]

Bro, the best thing that you can do is read the qur'an Insha'allah, with tafsir, it will make you feel a lot better. If you really have manic depression then i am sure you should get in touch with your doctor because you would most probably need medication.
Have you had a hard time during your childhood?

[amanwas]

I would like to help you plz tell me where u are from, how long u have been suffering from.

My experience is that keeping a lemon with yourself all the time repels jinn.

[TheHumbleOne]

I have been diagnosed as schizo-effective and possibly bipolar. I have severe manic depression.

But I keep remembering what I heard from one of my Moslem friends... that an Imam or scholar once said that 99% of mental illnesses are Jinn.

I don't hear voices but I have bad, bad thoughts all day long. I can't help them. Some are humorous thoughts, some about suicide, some are angry... either way, they're bad. I have bad thoughts about the Qur'an and the Prophet (SAW). But I don't mean think them. I don't really believe them.

Sometimes I think way too much. Things pop into my head (thoughts from Shaitan)... like bad things the media, Christians, and Jews say about Muslim. I contemplate if they are true or not. Sometimes it gets so bad that for brief moments I think that Islam may not be true.

I feel so bad because for a reason that I do not know, this happens most severely when I am at the Jum'ah sermon and listening to the Imam speak.

I don't know what to do. I am tormented. And now I keep thinking that I am not Moslem anymore since I keep doubting Islam. Yet at other times my faith is so strong.

Recite Ayat-al Kursi and it should keep you protected, God willing. Our iman (faith) increases and decreases each day, remain steadfast by performing your prayers, reading the Quran, keeping in touch with Muslims (such as this site) and since Ramadan is around the corner it should help you more inshallah.

BTW, you should pronounce it as "Muslim" and not "Moslem."

May Allah keep you on the right path and help cure your illness. Ameen.

[Al-Faruqi]

Your inquietude and fear of leaving Islam is actually a proof for your Iman.

I advise you to consult a shaykh of Tasawwuf (e.g. at www.tasawwuf.org) and a preferably Muslim doctor. So you will get spiritual and physical aid insha Allah.

- Read much Ayat al-Kursi (2:255), for it is the strongest ayat in the Quran and shaytan hates it.

- Keep staying with pious Muslims who practice Islam inwardly and outwardly.

- Don't stay alone if you can avoid it because in fact shaytan will use this opportunity to whisper bad thoughts in your mind (waswasa).

- Don't pay attention to these thoughts, they're a sign that you have Iman. Because Shaytan wouldn't do any waswasa to someone who left Islam. Like a robber would not rob someone who doesn't posess anything.

- Leave watching TV and listening to Radio, as there is very much filth in it.

And make dua to Allah ta'ala that He may protect you from waswasa and kufr.

[tell_the_truth]

assalamo alaykom, i saw someone from days just like u,
plz take a look at this plz:

He is suffering from waswaas (insinuating whispers) of the Shaytaan about the Essence of Allaah :
http://www.*************/en/ref/12315



Praise be to Allaah.

The questioner has mentioned this problem and is afraid of its consequences. I say to him, Rejoice, for its consequences cannot be anything but good. By means of this waswaas, the Shaytaan tries to gain control over the believers and shake the sound belief in their hearts, and make them suffer psychological and intellectual anxiety that will affect the purity of their faith and their life, if they are believers.

This is not the first or the last time that the believers are exposed to this. It will continue so long as there is any believer in this world. The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) also faced this problem. It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “Some of the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said to him, ‘We find in ourselves thoughts that are too terrible to speak of.’ He said, ‘Are you really suffering from that?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘That is a clear sign of faith.’” (Narrated by Muslim).

It was narrated in al-Saheehayn, also from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “The Shaytaan comes to one of you and says, ‘Who created such and such? Who created such and such?’ until he says, ‘Who created your Lord?!’ If that happens to any of you, let him seek refuge with Allaah and put a stop to these thoughts.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, “I think thoughts to myself, which I would rather be burnt to a cinder than speak of them.” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Praise be to Allaah, Who has reduced all his [the Shaytaan’s] plots to mere whispers.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood).

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in Kitaab al-Eemaan: “The believer may suffer from the whispers of the Shaytaan insinuating thoughts of kufr, which may make him feel distressed. The Sahaabah said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, some of us think thoughts which we would rather fall from heaven to earth than speak of them.’ He said, ‘That is a clear sign of faith.’ According to one report, ‘… thoughts which are too terrible to speak of.’ He said, ‘Praise be to Allaah, Who has reduced all his [the Shaytaan’s] plots to mere whispers,’ meaning that the fact that these whispers come, but they are so greatly disliked, and they are pushed away from the heart, is a clear sign of faith. This is like the mujaahid to whom the enemy comes, but he resists him until he overwhelms him, and this is a mighty jihaad… Hence the seekers of knowledge and devoted worshippers experience waswaas and doubts which others do not face, because they (the others) are not following the way prescribed by Allaah, rather they are following their own whims and desires and neglecting to remember their Lord. This is what the Shaytaan wants, in contrast to those who are striving to draw closer to their Lord by seeking knowledge and worshipping Him. He is their enemy and seeks to prevent them from drawing closer to Allaah.” (p. 147 of the Indian edition)

I say to this questioner, if you are faced with this waswaas from the Shaytaan, then fight it and resist it. Know that it can never harm you when you fulfil the duty of fighting and resisting it, and you refuse to be controlled by it. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Allaah will forgive my ummah for any insinuating whispers that may cross their minds, so long as they do not act upon it or speak of it.” (Agreed upon).

If it is said to you, Do you believe the insinuating whispers you experience? Do you think that they are true? Do you really think that Allaah is like what this waswaas says? You would say, “It is not right for us to speak of this. Glory be to You (O Allaah)! This is a great lie” [al-Noor 24:16 – interpretation of the meaning]. You would denounce that in your heart and with your tongue, and be the one who objects to it the most, for it is only whispers and thoughts that cross your mind. It is a trap set by the Shaytaan, who flows through the son of Adam like blood flows, to make you doomed and to confuse you about your religion.

Hence you will find that the Shaytan does not cast doubts or suspicions into your heart about trivial matters. For example, you may hear of the existence of great cities filled with people and buildings in the east and the west, but it would never cross your mind some day to doubt that they exist or to criticize them and say that they are in ruins and unfit for habitation, or that they are uninhabited, and so on. The Shaytaan has nothing to gain by making people doubt about these cities. But he does have a lot to gain by corrupting the believer’s faith, so he strives with his cavalry and his infantry to extinguish the light of knowledge and guidance in his heart and to make him fall into the darkness of doubt and confusion. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has told us of the appropriate remedy for that, which is to seek refuge with Allaah and put a stop to it. If a person puts a stop to that and continues to worship Allaah, seeking and hoping for (the reward) which is with Allaah, that will stop by Allaah’s leave. So turn away from all the thoughts of this kind that cross your mind. You are worshipping Allaah, calling upon Him and glorifying Him, and if you were to hear anyone ascribing to Allaah the things that are whispered to you (waswaas), you would probably kill him if you could. So the things that are whispered to you are neither real nor true, they are merely imagination and whispers which have no basis.

Our advice may be summed up as follows:

1. Seek refuge with Allaah and give up these thoughts completely, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded.

2. Remember Allaah and control yourself and do not continue to think of these whispers.

3. Occupy yourself with worship and doing good deeds, in obedience to the command of Allaah and seeking to please Him. When you devote yourself completely and seriously to worship, you will forget about these whispers, in sha Allaah.

4. Frequently seek refuge with Allaah and make du’aa’ to free you from these whispers.

I ask Allaah to keep you safe and sound, and protect you from all evils,



Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il Fadeelat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, vol. 1, p. 57-60

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Disturbed by waswaas (whispers from the Shaytaan) and evil thoughts : http://www.*************/en/ref/25778

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the solution is in sha'aa LLAH that everytime u have a bad idea, u have to say NO to this bad idea....reject them with ur heart.

that muslim guy, had bad ideas too and was affraid that he isnt a good muslim, but its not right, this happen to all the muslims but some reject them and some like u dont know what to do.

so like the prophet(as) told those sahaba(ra) who had ur same problem

Some of the Sahaabah complained about the waswaas that was bothering [?] them. Some of the companions of the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said to him, ‘We find in ourselves thoughts that are too terrible to speak of.’ He said, ‘Are you really having such thoughts?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘That is a clear sign of faith.’” (Narrated by Muslim). (Narrated by Muslim, 132 from the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah).

Al-Nawawi said in his commentary on this hadeeth: “The Prophet’s words, ‘That is a clear sign of faith’ means, the fact that think of this waswaas as something terrible is a clear sign of faith, for if you dare not utter it and you are so afraid of it and of speaking of it, let alone believing it, this is the sign of one who has achieved perfect faith and who is free of doubt.”

And it was said that what it means is that the Shaytaan only whispers to those whom he despairs of tempting, because he is unable to tempt them. As for the kaafir, he can approach him in any manner he wants and is not restricted to waswaas, rather he can play with him however he wants. Based on this, what the hadeeth means is that the cause of waswaas is pure faith, or that waswaas is a sign of pure faith.

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so always reject the bad thoughts in ur heart and say NOOO i dont believe in this, remember Allah always and do zikr, keep saying la ilaha ila LLAH, bcz satan run away from this zikr, and always say aouzo billahi mina shaytan rajim.

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What one’s own nafs (self) says has been forgiven by Allaah, The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Allaah has forgiven my ummah for thoughts that cross their minds, so long as they do not speak of them or act upon them.” (Narrated by Muslim, 127)

Whoever commits a sin then Allaah conceals it, it is not permissible for him to speak of it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “All of my ummah will be fine except those who commit sin openly.” (Narrated by Muslim, 2990).

If a person commits a sin then repents, Allaah will accept his repentance:

“your Lord has written (prescribed) Mercy for Himself, so that if any of you does evil in ignorance, and thereafter repents and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allaah), then surely, He is Oft‑Forgiving, Most Merciful” [al-An’aam 6:54 – interpretation of the meaning]

Allaah is Generous and Kind, He multiplies the reward for good deeds and forgives bad deeds, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, narrating the words of his Lord: “Allaah has decreed hasanaat (good deeds) and sayi’aat (bad deeds), then He explained that. Whoever intends to do a good deed then does not do it, Allaah will write it down as one complete hasanah; if he intends to do it then he does it, then Allaah will write it down as between ten and seven hundred hasanaat, or more. Whoever intends to do a bad deed, then he does not do it, Allaah will write it down as one complete hasanah; if he intends to do it then he does it, Allaah will write it down as one sayi’ah.” (Agreed upon; narrated by al-Bukhaari, Kitaab al-Raqaa’iq, 81)

From Usool al-Deen al-Islami, by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem al-Tuwayjri.

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may Allah protect u and protect ur faith and our faith. amin

assalamo alaykom.