How to Remove Depression and Worries
Shaykh Saleem al-Hilaalee
Introduction: ::
Mankind comes across many afflictions and trials, sometimes in
overwhelming sequences. Removing the darkness of these worries,
distresses, depression and grief is a very important matter to which
Islaam gives serious attention...
Indeed the greatest darkness to envelope mankind and surely his
greatest affliction is disbelief in Allah and to associate partners
with Him in any form (kufr and shirk).
Allah is the Protector of those who have faith He will lead them from
the depths of darkness into light. . As for those who disbelieve, their
patrons are the devils: from light they will lead them forth into the
depths of darkness. They will be companions of the fire, to dwell
therein (for ever). AL-BAQARAH 2.257
Whereby Allah guides him who seeks His good pleasure to paths of peace
and safety. He brings them out of darkness unto light by His decree,
and guides them unto a straight path. AL-MAAIDAH 5.016
Those who deny Our revelations are deaf and dumb in darkness. Whoever
Allah wills He sends astray, and whom He wills He places on a straight
path. AL-AN'AM 6.039
The scholars of Islaam have extracted from the Qur'aan and the
authentic Sunnah many remedies and cures to help us in our daily
affairs and remove our problems.
At-Tawheed:: :
Singling out Allah alone, Glory be to Him, for all types of worship and
recognising His Lordship and having faith in the unity of His Lofty
Names and Attributes. There would be anarchy if there was more than one
deity.
”If there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides
Allah, there would have been confusion in both! But glory to Allah, the
Lord of the Throne, (High is He) above what they attribute to
Him!”AL-ANBIYA' 21.022
Allah strikes a comparison between a Muslim and a mushrik (disbeliever)
. The man with one master (i.e. upon Tawheed) has no worries as to who
to obey, so he has no confusion nor dilemmas. The second man is
confused as to who to obey first, in whom he must put his trust
especially as they are quarrelling amongst each other. The mushrik is
left to Shaitaan and his desires to direct him out of his confusion.
However the Muslim who recognises his Lord as
One, knows that Allah is the One who rescues His slave when he is in
grief.
Allah puts forth a parable; a man belonging to many partners
quarrelling with each other, and a man belonging entirely to one
master: are those two equal? Praise be to Allah! But most of them have
no knowledge. AZ-ZUMAR 39.029
In the beautiful story of prophet Yusuf (alayhe as-salaam) his fellow
prisoners were in distress to know the meaning or interpretation of
their dreams.
Now with him there came into the prison two young men. Said one of
them: "I see myself (in a dream) pressing wine." The other said: "I see
myself (in a dream) carrying bread on my head, and birds eating it."
(They said) "Tell us the meaning of the dreams, for we see that you are
a good doer." YUSUF 12.036
o what was the first thing that this noble prophet of Allah (alayhe
as-salaam) said to his companions? What was his reply? He called them
to that which will provide them with immediate relief - the belief that
there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah - at-Tawheed.
"O my two companions of the prison! (I ask you): are many lords
differing among themselves better, or Allah, the Supreme and
Irresistible?" YUSUF 12.039
Mankind without Tawheed is astray, captured by Shaitaan and there lives
in chaos as explained in Allah's statement:
”Don't you see that We have set the devils on the disbelievers to
confound them with confusion?” MARYAM 19.083
So the one upon true Tawheed, Allah helps him and removes grief from
him. There are many verses which eludes to this but suffice us for the
moment the story of Yunus (alayhe as-salaam). He (alayhe as-salaam) had
lost hope in his people who were not responding to his call to Islaam.
So he (alayhe as-salaam) left them and eventually Allah caused him
(alayhe as-salaam) to be in the belly of a large fish.
So wait with patience for the Command of your Lord, and be not like the
Companion of the Fish, when he cried out in deep sorrow. AL-QALAM
68.048
In his sorrow and anguish, Yunus (alayhe as-salaam) cried out, but to
whom? He (alayhe as-salaam) called his Lord.
And remember Dhun-Nun (Yunus), when he went off in anger: He imagined
that We had no power over him! But he cried through the depths of
darkness, "There is no deity worthy of worship except You, glorified
and exhalted be You, indeed I was from the wrong-doers!" AL-ANBIYA'
21.087
Darkness upon darkness enveloped him (alayhe as-salaam):
a) the darkness of the depths of the ocean,
b) the darkness of the belly of the fish,
c) the darkness of the night.
He (alayhe as-salaam) called upon Allah, the One who can remove all
distresses, he called upon Him with correct at-Tawheed and Allah
removed his worries immediately.
Responding and Complying (Istijaabah)
To accept and answer to the deen of Allah and His Messenger, Muhammad
(SAAS) completely as the aayah says:
”O you who believe! Respond to Allah (by obeying Him) and (His)
Messenger (SAAS) when He calls you to that which will give you life;
and know that Allah comes in between a man and his heart, and that it
is He to Whom you shall (all) be gathered.” AL-ANFAL 8.024
The repercussion of rejecting the Call to His deen is grievous and its
result is the greatest of sorrows in the Hereafter. The disbeliever
will be raised and wail to His Lord (Whom he denied in the world):
He will say: "O my Lord! Why have You raised me up blind, while I had
sight (before)? TA-HA 20.125
Allah will reply to him with complete justice:
He (Allah) will say: So (it must be). Our revelations came to you (in
the world) but you did reject them. In like manner this Day you are
forgotten (rejected). TA-HA 20.126
Not only will Allah reject the disbeliever but he will also be
humiliated by Shaitaan who the mushrik took as his close companion and
responded to his (Shaitaan's) call.
And Shaitaan will say when the matter has been decided, "Verily Allah
promised you a promise of truth. I too promised you but I betrayed you.
I had no authority over you except that I called you and you responded
to me. So blame me not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help
you, nor can you help me. I deny your former act in associating me
(Shaitaan) as a partner with Allah." Verily, there is a painful torment
for the transgressors. IBRAHEEM 14.22
So we urge you brothers and sisters to respond to and comply with
Allah's religion and enter it completely.
”O you who believe! Enter into Islam whole-heatedly and follow
not the footsteps of the Shaitaan, for he is to you an open, avowed
enemy.” AL-BAQARAH 2.208
Belief in the Divine Decree (Qadr)
Qadr is an established part of the religion and is included in our
belief. In the famous "Hadeeth of Jibreel" (alaihe-as-salaam) when he
asked the Messenger (SAAS) about Islaam, Eemaan and Ihsaan, he (SAAS)
replied about Eemaan:
”That you affirm your faith in Allah, in His angels, in His
Books, in His Apostles, in the Day of Judgement, and you affirm your
faith in Qadr, the good and the evil consequences of it...”
MUSLIM
We must accept and be content with Qadr, knowing that whatever Allah
decrees he does so out of His all- encompassing Knowledge and Wisdom.
With this belief in Qadr (the good and the evil of it) firm in our
hearts Allah will guide our hearts:
”No calamity befalls, but with the leave of Allah, and whoever
believes in Allah, He guides his heart, and Allah is the All-Knower of
everything.” AT-TAGHAABUN 64:11
'Abdullah Ibn 'Abbas (radhiyAllahu anhu) related one day he was riding
behind Allah's Messenger (SAAS) who said,
"Young man, if you are mindful of Allah (of His commands and
prohibitions) , He will be mindful of you, and if you are mindful of
Allah you will find Him before you. When you ask for anything ask it
from Allah, and if you seek help, seek help from Allah. Know that if
the people were to unite to do you some benefit they could benefit you
only with what Allah had decreed for you, and that if they were to
unite to do you some injury they could injure you only with what Allah
had recorded for you. The pens have been lifted and the pages are dry."
AHMAD, TIRMIDHI, AN-NAWAWI'S FORTY HADEETH
So with this knowledge that no harm or good can touch a servant of
Allah except with the permission of the All-Knower and All-Wise, the
hearts find tranquillity and contentment. This therefore encourages the
Muslim to patiently persevere during an affliction and motivates
him to praise Allah when He bestows some portion of good upon him.
Whatever his situation, if the Muslim acts accordingly he has only
rewards to gain and nothing to lose.
Suhaib ibn Sinan al-Romi related that Allah's Messenger (SAAS) said:
”Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every
affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the
case of a believer for if he has an occasion to feel delight, he
praises (Allah), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets
into trouble and shown resignation (and endures it patiently), there is
a good for him in it.”MUSLIM
"Fa maadza ba'da-lhaqq, illa-dl_dlalaal"
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