Treating Anxiety and Obsessive Thoughts
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh Salih. We return to the questions that have come in to the program. This is Abu Sami from al-Kharj, and he says: What is the treatment for one who is afflicted with grief, distress, sadness, and physical illnesses, and for anxiety, obsessive thoughts, the evil eye, and sorcery? May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
This is not free from one of two things: either his illness is psychological, in which case he should consult psychiatrists, perhaps they will find a cure for him; or his illness is obsessive thoughts, worries, and sadness from Shaytan. The treatment for that is the remembrance of Allah the Exalted, and the authentic supplications from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the daily recitation in the morning and evening. And before that, maintaining the five daily prayers, for they are a help for the servant in all his affairs, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Baqarah 2:45] Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh Salih. We return to the questions that have come in to the program. This is Abu Sami from al-Kharj, and he says: What is the treatment for one who is afflicted with grief, distress, sadness, and physical illnesses, and for anxiety, obsessive thoughts, the evil eye, and sorcery? May Allah preserve you.
Answer:
This is not free from one of two things: either his illness is psychological, in which case he should consult psychiatrists, perhaps they will find a cure for him; or his illness is obsessive thoughts, worries, and sadness from Shaytan. The treatment for that is the remembrance of Allah the Exalted, and the authentic supplications from the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and the daily recitation in the morning and evening. And before that, maintaining the five daily prayers, for they are a help for the servant in all his affairs, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:
And seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]
وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، علاج القلق والوسوسة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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