Mental illness in Islam

[Al-Faruqi]

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[kayra]

Salaam walaykum,

My sheikh has written much on this subject one book is called "the Fraud of Freudists". In this book he documents the use of what is called Quranic Therapy.

I studied Quranic Therapy for a year and helped treat several people suffering from various afflictions.

Before one can be treated it first has to be determined whether or not their affliction is spiritual or physical. Once dtermined it is spiritual it can be treated theough various dhikrs and ayats of Quran.

The majority of cases I helped treat were mental illnesses (e.g. Schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, depression)

I also dealt with a few cases that were caused by the use of drugs.

In every case where a person claimed to have a mental illness, the western doctors prescribed medications which made their condition worse, and thus dependent on the drugs to keep them sane.

once they submitted to our care, they were to cease using the meds prescribed to them. after the meds were out of their systems they began their prescribed regiment of dhikr and recitation.

If they could not to the recitation and dhikr themselves, a family member or doctor in training would do it for them until they were capable of doing it themselves.

Every person who stuck to their prescribed dhikr and recitation became completely cured of their "mental illness" within a year or less in many cases.

I am witness that many of these mental illnesses that exist in the west are actually spiritual illnesses and can be cured with the proper ibada.

Most mental illnesses are an invention of the materialist west.

I was already quite skeptical about the diagnosis of many "mental / physical disorders". I suffered from debilitating insomnia for 15 years, to the point where I was hallucinating from lack of sleep. Not even the strongest drugs worked. Nor did psychotherapy, acupuncture, reflexology, expensive sleep clinics, etc. One hour of sleep for me was like a ridiculously far-fetched and impossible goal.

Many doctors suggested I was bi-polar, and predominately manic, and this was why I couldn't sleep. They gave me lithium, and it nearly killed me!

When I first visited my Shaikh, and asked for his prayers, I wasn't actually hoping for a "cure", I just wanted his spiritual guidance - insomnia had become such an integral part of me that I accepted it as my destiny.

AFter I went back home, I slept for over 8 hours, and awoke to the clear sound of an athan (azan), even though it was far too early for local prayers - when I checked later on the internet, it was the exact time of the athan in my Shaikhs's village =) I've slept like a baby ever since.

This made me wonder - all those doctors who insisted I had a chemical imbalance / genetic predilection for insomnia / needed strong addictive sedatives / needed regular and expensive treatment etc. - were they just guessing? Or were they right, but Allah makes people ill when He pleases, and cures them when He pleases? Was it a punishment - or just a symptom - of years of Western living, eating haram, etc.?

Every day on the news we read about "unlucky" people - celebrities, etc. - "suffering" from terrible "diseases" like addictions and compulsions.

This is why I started wondering - are these really medical conditions?

Your post answered a lot of my questions.

[Usama2]

The matter of mental illness, a term which is perhaps too vague, shouldn't be reserved to be a product of a single society. Nor can we group all mental problems into a single classification.

Hamdulillah, bro Mujahid has experience dealing with Islamic medicine and ruqiyyah regarding many matters and perhaps he can address many things here, but he correctly mentioned the distinction between physical and spiritual problems. There are many medical cases for example, wherein a man with psychotic condition, a mental illness, is treated with medicine which resolves his condition.

If a Muslim is suffering from mental problems, he/she should go to experts to examine the cause, recieve diagnosis, and treatment options. Kayra's experience shows that merely relying on modern medical treatment may be insufficient.

Just a note, problem sleeping can be physical too. For example, an old injury to a person's nose (such as an old football injury) could result in a sinus which collapses which obstructs breathing during sleep. Difficulty breathing during sleep naturally triggers the survival reflexes where the body will increase adreneline and cause a person to become more awake. There are multiple causes to sleep problems, mental causes are only a part of them.

So there is not a conflict between medical treatment and Islam. Rather, the conflict rests with the doctor or specialist and his course of action, from diagnosis to treatment.

http://www.islamicmedicine.org/

And Allah knows best.

[Colonel_Hardstone]

i can't seem to be able to contact anyone over the PM system, i think mine is deactivated, but it was never activated in the first place. i have never used.

how do i get in touch with the moderators if i can't pm them? and what do I ask them.... can I have "so and so's" email address?

I havn't seen this video but it may be helpful:

The Ultimate Fraud of the Freudist

And here are some articles:

http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/muslimarticles/

[MujahidAbdullah]

I havn't seen this video but it may be helpful:

The Ultimate Fraud of the Freudist

And here are some articles:

http://www.geocities.com/~abdulwahid/muslimarticles/

Both of those links are of my Sheikh or of Talibs. They are good.

I beleive the book is out of print right now, but you may be able to purchase it at

www.zaviabooks.com

[Hamdi]

Salaam walaykum,

My sheikh has written much on this subject one book is called "the Fraud of Freudists". In this book he documents the use of what is called Quranic Therapy.

I studied Quranic Therapy for a year and helped treat several people suffering from various afflictions.

Before one can be treated it first has to be determined whether or not their affliction is spiritual or physical. Once dtermined it is spiritual it can be treated theough various dhikrs and ayats of Quran.

The majority of cases I helped treat were mental illnesses (e.g. Schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, depression)

I also dealt with a few cases that were caused by the use of drugs.

In every case where a person claimed to have a mental illness, the western doctors prescribed medications which made their condition worse, and thus dependent on the drugs to keep them sane.

once they submitted to our care, they were to cease using the meds prescribed to them. after the meds were out of their systems they began their prescribed regiment of dhikr and recitation.

If they could not to the recitation and dhikr themselves, a family member or doctor in training would do it for them until they were capable of doing it themselves.

Every person who stuck to their prescribed dhikr and recitation became completely cured of their "mental illness" within a year or less in many cases.

I am witness that many of these mental illnesses that exist in the west are actually spiritual illnesses and can be cured with the proper ibada.

Most mental illnesses are an invention of the materialist west.

Waalaykum assalam.

Dear brother, I really need your help and want to contact you but don't know how since I can't send PM.

I ask the moderators to send you my e-mail.

Please all you make dua for me.

[5M1L3Y]

I suffer from Phobia now of places where you're meant to be quiet in a room full of people, ever since the 29th fast because of a situation which triggered these thoughts, I can barely even go to Jummu'ah prayer(I did yesterday though but sat right at the back and tried concentrating on the khutbah instead) now because of this thought and I am dreading my exam in a few weeks...

Can everyone please pray for me...

[MujahidAbdullah]

Waalaykum assalam.

Dear brother, I really need your help and want to contact you but don't know how since I can't send PM.

I ask the moderators to send you my e-mail.

Please all you make dua for me.

My email adress is [edited by moderator: no e-mailing sharing allowed on main forums. You know the rules], hopefully you get it before the mods remove it.

[Hamdi]

Originally Posted by Hamdi
Waalaykum assalam.

Dear brother, I really need your help and want to contact you but don't know how since I can't send PM.

I ask the moderators to send you my e-mail.

Please all you make dua for me.

My email adress is [edited by moderator: no e-mailing sharing allowed on main forums. You know the rules], hopefully you get it before the mods remove it.

Sorry brother I didn't get it. My e-mail is REMOVED I have a request to the moderators to send me the e-mail of brother MujahidAbdullah or to send my e-mail to him.

By the way why can't we send PM on this forum?

[Layaal]

Assalam o alaikum

i read the whole topic and my condition is kind of same , but as far as i guessed about myself that my nafs is making me crazy and shaitan , i m trying my best to concentrate in salah and Quran but my mind wanders here and there so i became tense , and im also suffering from insomnia even then these medicals can't cure what's happening to one person , only Allah can help

i am depress since last two months and whenever night comes , i just miss previous days and cry , when i try to read Quran or Salah Or Other Dhikrs , I don't even get what i read and then again i got tense that r my prayers and ibadah acceptable or not?
i just can't control over few things and now im thinking that i should get back to my friends and i should not get mixed up like previously but i should have there companionship for a little of time that'll make me relax lil bit but i m just so Afraid Of Allah now that im not going anywhere

i need a solution too